#232C8A#232C8A

#232C8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.154 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C8A
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(235, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 30.16, -53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 61.21, 299.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.0041 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.154 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1797, 3.9930, 24.4849)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C8A #8A8123

analogous

#23608A #232C8A #4E238A

triadic

#232C8A #8A232C #2C8A23

tetradic

#232C8A #8A2360 #8A8123 #238A4E

square

#232C8A #8A2360 #8A8123 #238A4E

split-complementary

#232C8A #8A4E23 #608A23

monochromatic

#0A0D28 #171C59 #232C8A #2F3CBB #545FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#232C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#232C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C8A

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C8A	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.154 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e65ad',
    500: '#232c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c8a;
$custom-light: #6e65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.757,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35402,
    "c": 0.15404,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C8A

secondary

#B7AF51

accent

#D545E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C8A

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

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