#232B9A#232B9A

#232B9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.176 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B9A
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 36.63, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 71.08, 301.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.0029 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.176 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3878, 4.4174, 31.0289)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B9A #9A9223

analogous

#23679A #232B9A #56239A

triadic

#232B9A #9A232B #2B9A23

tetradic

#232B9A #9A2367 #9A9223 #239A56

square

#232B9A #9A2367 #9A9223 #239A56

split-complementary

#232B9A #9A5623 #679A23

monochromatic

#0C0F36 #181D68 #232B9A #2E39CC #5D66DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#232B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#232B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B9A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B9A	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.176 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7365b9',
    500: '#232b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b9a;
$custom-light: #7365b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.966,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36867,
    "c": 0.17635,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B9A

secondary

#BFB85A

accent

#DB42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090512

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B9A

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

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