#232B8C#232B8C

#232B8C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.158 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B8C
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 140)
HSL	hsl(235, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 69.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.60, 31.55, -54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.60, 63.05, 300.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0045 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.158 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2890, 3.9779, 25.2422)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B8C #8C8423

analogous

#23608C #232B8C #50238C

triadic

#232B8C #8C232B #2B8C23

tetradic

#232B8C #8C2360 #8C8423 #238C50

square

#232B8C #8C2360 #8C8423 #238C50

split-complementary

#232B8C #8C5023 #608C23

monochromatic

#0B0D2A #171C5B #232B8C #2F3ABD #555FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#232B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#232B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B8C

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B8C	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.158 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f64af',
    500: '#232b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b8c;
$custom-light: #6f64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35425,
    "c": 0.15794,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B8C

secondary

#B8B152

accent

#D745E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B8C

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

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