#232B5E#232B5E

#232B5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.091 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B5E
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 94)
HSL	hsl(232, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(232, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 54.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.61, 14.06, -31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.61, 34.62, 293.97°)
OKLab	oklab(31.23% 0.0052 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(31.23% 0.091 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.5767, 2.8930, 10.9574)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B5E #5E5623

analogous

#23485E #232B5E #38235E

triadic

#232B5E #5E232B #2B5E23

tetradic

#232B5E #5E2348 #5E5623 #235E38

square

#232B5E #5E2348 #5E5623 #235E38

split-complementary

#232B5E #5E3823 #485E23

monochromatic

#080A16 #121731 #232B5E #343F8B #4454B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#232B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#232B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B5E

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B5E	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.091 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64648c',
    500: '#232b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b5e;
$custom-light: #64648c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.864,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31234,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B5E

secondary

#92884B

accent

#C452D5

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#06050C

muted

#7A797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B5E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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