#232B79#232B79

#232B79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.132 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B79
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 121)
HSL	hsl(234, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(234, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 24.43, -45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 51.69, 298.20°)
OKLab	oklab(33.58% 0.0059 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(33.58% 0.132 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0070, 3.4651, 18.4904)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B79 #797123

analogous

#235679 #232B79 #462379

triadic

#232B79 #79232B #2B7923

tetradic

#232B79 #792356 #797123 #237946

square

#232B79 #792356 #797123 #237946

split-complementary

#232B79 #794623 #567923

monochromatic

#08091A #151A4A #232B79 #313CA8 #4B57CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#232B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#232B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B79

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B79	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.132 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a64a0',
    500: '#232b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b79;
$custom-light: #6a64a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.419,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33576,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B79

secondary

#ACA34C

accent

#D149DE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF3

border

#C7C6CD

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B79

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

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