#232B9E#232B9E

#232B9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.181 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#232B9E
RGBrgb(35, 43, 158)
HSLhsl(236, 64%, 38%)
HSVhsv(236, 78%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(77.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(25.42, 38.06, -62.67)
CIE-LCHlch(25.42, 73.32, 301.27°)
OKLaboklab(37.29% 0.0023 -0.1815)
OKLCHoklch(37.29% 0.181 270.7)
XYZxyz(7.7265, 4.5529, 32.8127)
Luminance0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#232B9E #9E9623
analogous
#23689E #232B9E #59239E
triadic
#232B9E #9E232B #2B9E23
tetradic
#232B9E #9E2368 #9E9623 #239E59
square
#232B9E #9E2368 #9E9623 #239E59
split-complementary
#232B9E #9E5923 #689E23
monochromatic
#0D103A #181D6C #232B9E #2E39D0 #6068DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99
#232B9E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91
#232B9E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B9E
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##232B9E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##232B9E1.0010.991.9110.99
#FFFFFF10.991.0021.001.00
#0000001.9121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0042A1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00369C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#004C61
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #232b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.181 270.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7465bc',
    500: '#232b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #232b9e;
$custom-light: #7465bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#232b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.098,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37289,
    "c": 0.18147,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#232B9E
secondary
#C1BA5C
accent
#DC41E7
background
#F7F6FB
surface
#EEEBF7
border
#C9C6D0
text
#0A0612
muted
#7C7A81

Preview Lab

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#232B9E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva