#232B88#232B88

#232B88 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.153 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B88
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 136)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 68.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 30.07, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 60.70, 299.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0049 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.153 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9994, 3.8620, 23.7170)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B88 #888023

analogous

#235D88 #232B88 #4D2388

triadic

#232B88 #88232B #2B8823

tetradic

#232B88 #88235D #888023 #23884D

square

#232B88 #88235D #888023 #23884D

split-complementary

#232B88 #884D23 #5D8823

monochromatic

#0A0C27 #161C57 #232B88 #303AB9 #535DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#232B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#232B88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B88

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B88	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.153 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e64ac',
    500: '#232b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b88;
$custom-light: #6e64ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.248,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35025,
    "c": 0.15253,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B88

secondary

#B7AE50

accent

#D646E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B88

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

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