#232BA8#232BA8

#232BA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.194 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232BA8
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(236, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 41.56, -66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 78.83, 301.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0008 -0.194)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.194 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6225, 4.9113, 37.5317)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232BA8 #A8A023

analogous

#236EA8 #232BA8 #5E23A8

triadic

#232BA8 #A8232B #2BA823

tetradic

#232BA8 #A8236E #A8A023 #23A85E

square

#232BA8 #A8236E #A8A023 #23A85E

split-complementary

#232BA8 #A85E23 #6EA823

monochromatic

#0E1143 #181E75 #232BA8 #343DD5 #666EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#232BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#232BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232BA8

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232BA8	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.194 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7666c3',
    500: '#232ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232ba8;
$custom-light: #7666c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.391,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38362,
    "c": 0.19402,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232BA8

secondary

#C5BF62

accent

#DE3FE8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #232BA8

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

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