#232B85#232B85

#232B85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.148 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B85
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 28.95, -51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 58.93, 299.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0052 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.148 272)
XYZ	xyz(5.7892, 3.7780, 22.6099)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B85 #857D23

analogous

#235C85 #232B85 #4C2385

triadic

#232B85 #85232B #2B8523

tetradic

#232B85 #85235C #857D23 #23854C

square

#232B85 #85235C #857D23 #23854C

split-complementary

#232B85 #854C23 #5C8523

monochromatic

#090C24 #161B55 #232B85 #303BB5 #515CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#232B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#232B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B85

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B85	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.148 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d64a9',
    500: '#232b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b85;
$custom-light: #6d64a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.102,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34728,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.03779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B85

secondary

#B5AD4F

accent

#D546E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B85

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

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