#232B9D#232B9D

#232B9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.180 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B9D
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 157)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 72.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 37.70, -62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 72.76, 301.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0024 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.18 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6407, 4.5186, 32.3612)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B9D #9D9523

analogous

#23689D #232B9D #58239D

triadic

#232B9D #9D232B #2B9D23

tetradic

#232B9D #9D2368 #9D9523 #239D58

square

#232B9D #9D2368 #9D9523 #239D58

split-complementary

#232B9D #9D5823 #689D23

monochromatic

#0D1039 #181D6B #232B9D #2E39CF #5F67DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#232B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#232B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B9D

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B9D	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.180 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7365bb',
    500: '#232b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b9d;
$custom-light: #7365bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.066,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37183,
    "c": 0.1802,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B9D

secondary

#C0BA5C

accent

#DC41E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B9D

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

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