#232B9F#232B9F

#232B9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.183 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B9F
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 159)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 73%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.53, 38.41, -63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.53, 73.88, 301.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0022 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.183 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8129, 4.5874, 33.2679)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B9F #9F9723

analogous

#23699F #232B9F #59239F

triadic

#232B9F #9F232B #2B9F23

tetradic

#232B9F #9F2369 #9F9723 #239F59

square

#232B9F #9F2369 #9F9723 #239F59

split-complementary

#232B9F #9F5923 #699F23

monochromatic

#0D103B #181D6D #232B9F #2E39D1 #6068DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#232B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#232B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B9F

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B9F	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.183 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7465bd',
    500: '#232b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b9f;
$custom-light: #7465bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.129,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37395,
    "c": 0.18274,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B9F

secondary

#C1BB5D

accent

#DC41E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B9F

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

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