#232B7E#232B7E

#232B7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.139 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B7E
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 126)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(235, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 65.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.27, 26.32, -47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.27, 54.73, 298.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0057 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.139 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3216, 3.5909, 20.1473)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B7E #7E7623

analogous

#23597E #232B7E #49237E

triadic

#232B7E #7E232B #2B7E23

tetradic

#232B7E #7E2359 #7E7623 #237E49

square

#232B7E #7E2359 #7E7623 #237E49

split-complementary

#232B7E #7E4923 #597E23

monochromatic

#080A1E #161B4E #232B7E #303BAE #4E59CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#232B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#232B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B7E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B7E	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.139 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b64a4',
    500: '#232b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b7e;
$custom-light: #6b64a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.725,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34049,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B7E

secondary

#B0A84C

accent

#D248E0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B7E

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

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