#232B89#232B89

#232B89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.154 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B89
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 137)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 30.44, -53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 61.29, 299.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% 0.0048 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.154 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0708, 3.8906, 24.0931)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B89 #898123

analogous

#235E89 #232B89 #4E2389

triadic

#232B89 #89232B #2B8923

tetradic

#232B89 #89235E #898123 #23894E

square

#232B89 #89235E #898123 #23894E

split-complementary

#232B89 #894E23 #5E8923

monochromatic

#0A0C28 #171C58 #232B89 #2F3ABA #535DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#232B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#232B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B89

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B89	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.154 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e64ac',
    500: '#232b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b89;
$custom-light: #6e64ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.294,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35124,
    "c": 0.15389,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B89

secondary

#B7AF51

accent

#D645E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B89

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

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