#232B86#232B86

#232B86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.150 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B86
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 134)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 67.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 29.33, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 59.52, 299.52°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.0051 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.15 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8586, 3.8057, 22.9755)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B86 #867E23

analogous

#235C86 #232B86 #4D2386

triadic

#232B86 #86232B #2B8623

tetradic

#232B86 #86235C #867E23 #23864D

square

#232B86 #86235C #867E23 #23864D

split-complementary

#232B86 #864D23 #5C8623

monochromatic

#0A0C25 #161B55 #232B86 #303BB7 #525CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#232B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#232B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B86

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B86	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.150 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d64aa',
    500: '#232b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b86;
$custom-light: #6d64aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.152,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34826,
    "c": 0.1498,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B86

secondary

#B5AD4F

accent

#D546E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B86

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

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