#232C81#232C81

#232C81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.142 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C81
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(234, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(234, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.80, 26.78, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.80, 55.85, 298.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.0047 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.142 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5549, 3.7431, 21.1944)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C81 #817823

analogous

#235B81 #232C81 #492381

triadic

#232C81 #81232C #2C8123

tetradic

#232C81 #81235B #817823 #238149

square

#232C81 #81235B #817823 #238149

split-complementary

#232C81 #814923 #5B8123

monochromatic

#090B21 #161C51 #232C81 #303CB1 #4F5BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#232C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#232C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C81

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C81	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.142 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c65a6',
    500: '#232c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c81;
$custom-light: #6c65a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.255,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34525,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C81

secondary

#B3A94D

accent

#D247E1

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C81

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

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