#232B87#232B87

#232B87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.151 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B87
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 135)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 68.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 29.70, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 60.11, 299.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.005 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.151 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9287, 3.8337, 23.3445)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B87 #877F23

analogous

#235D87 #232B87 #4D2387

triadic

#232B87 #87232B #2B8723

tetradic

#232B87 #87235D #877F23 #23874D

square

#232B87 #87235D #877F23 #23874D

split-complementary

#232B87 #874D23 #5D8723

monochromatic

#0A0C26 #161C56 #232B87 #303AB8 #525CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#232B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#232B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B87

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B87	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.151 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e64ab',
    500: '#232b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b87;
$custom-light: #6e64ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34925,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B87

secondary

#B6AE50

accent

#D646E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B87

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

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