#232C5E#232C5E

#232C5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.089 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C5E
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 94)
HSL	hsl(231, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(231, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 53.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.91, 13.34, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.91, 33.89, 293.19°)
OKLab	oklab(31.46% 0.004 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(31.46% 0.089 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6135, 2.9666, 10.9697)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C5E #5E5523

analogous

#234A5E #232C5E #37235E

triadic

#232C5E #5E232C #2C5E23

tetradic

#232C5E #5E234A #5E5523 #235E37

square

#232C5E #5E234A #5E5523 #235E37

split-complementary

#232C5E #5E3723 #4A5E23

monochromatic

#080A16 #121731 #232C5E #34418B #4456B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#232C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#232C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C5E

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C5E	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#082E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.089 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64648c',
    500: '#232c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c5e;
$custom-light: #64648c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.847,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31461,
    "c": 0.08914,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C5E

secondary

#92874B

accent

#C152D5

background

#F6F6F8

surface

#EBEBF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#06050C

muted

#7A7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C5E

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

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