#232B9C#232B9C

#232B9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.179 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B9C
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 37.35, -61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 72.20, 301.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0026 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.179 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5557, 4.4846, 31.9134)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B9C #9C9423

analogous

#23689C #232B9C #57239C

triadic

#232B9C #9C232B #2B9C23

tetradic

#232B9C #9C2368 #9C9423 #239C57

square

#232B9C #9C2368 #9C9423 #239C57

split-complementary

#232B9C #9C5723 #689C23

monochromatic

#0D0F38 #181D6A #232B9C #2E39CE #5E67DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#232B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#232B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B9C

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B9C	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.179 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7365ba',
    500: '#232b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b9c;
$custom-light: #7365ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.033,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37077,
    "c": 0.17892,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B9C

secondary

#C0B95B

accent

#DB41E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B9C

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

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