#232BAE#232BAE

#232BAE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.201 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232BAE
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(237, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(237, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.13, 43.62, -69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.13, 82.08, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% -0.0001 -0.2014)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.201 270)
XYZ	xyz(9.1944, 5.1400, 40.5437)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232BAE #AEA623

analogous

#2370AE #232BAE #6023AE

triadic

#232BAE #AE232B #2BAE23

tetradic

#232BAE #AE2370 #AEA623 #23AE60

square

#232BAE #AE2370 #AEA623 #23AE60

split-complementary

#232BAE #AE6023 #70AE23

monochromatic

#0F1248 #191E7B #232BAE #3741D7 #6A71E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#232BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#232BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232BAE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232BAE	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.201 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7866c7',
    500: '#232bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232bae;
$custom-light: #7866c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.547,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39016,
    "c": 0.20138,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.05141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232BAE

secondary

#C7C166

accent

#E03EE9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #232BAE

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

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