#232C80#232C80

#232C80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.140 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C80
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 128)
HSL	hsl(234, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(234, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 65.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.71, 26.40, -48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.71, 55.24, 298.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.0048 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.14 272)
XYZ	xyz(5.4888, 3.7167, 20.8460)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C80 #807723

analogous

#235A80 #232C80 #492380

triadic

#232C80 #80232C #2C8023

tetradic

#232C80 #80235A #807723 #238049

square

#232C80 #80235A #807723 #238049

split-complementary

#232C80 #804923 #5A8023

monochromatic

#090B20 #161B50 #232C80 #303DB0 #4F5BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#232C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#232C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C80

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C80	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.140 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c65a6',
    500: '#232c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c80;
$custom-light: #6c65a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.194,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3443,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.03717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C80

secondary

#B2A84D

accent

#D247E0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C80

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

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