#232C88#232C88

#232C88 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.151 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C88
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 136)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 67.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 29.41, -52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 60.03, 299.34°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0042 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.151 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0362, 3.9356, 23.7293)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C88 #887F23

analogous

#235E88 #232C88 #4C2388

triadic

#232C88 #88232C #2C8823

tetradic

#232C88 #88235E #887F23 #23884C

square

#232C88 #88235E #887F23 #23884C

split-complementary

#232C88 #884C23 #5E8823

monochromatic

#0A0D27 #161C57 #232C88 #303CB9 #535ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#232C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#232C88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C88

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C88	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.151 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e65ac',
    500: '#232c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c88;
$custom-light: #6e65ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.653,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35205,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C88

secondary

#B7AD50

accent

#D446E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C88

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

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