#232C8B#232C8B

#232C8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.155 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C8B
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(235, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 30.53, -53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 61.79, 299.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.004 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.155 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2524, 4.0221, 24.8679)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C8B #8B8223

analogous

#23608B #232C8B #4E238B

triadic

#232C8B #8B232C #2C8B23

tetradic

#232C8B #8B2360 #8B8223 #238B4E

square

#232C8B #8B2360 #8B8223 #238B4E

split-complementary

#232C8B #8B4E23 #608B23

monochromatic

#0A0D29 #171D5A #232C8B #2F3BBC #545FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#232C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#232C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C8B

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C8B	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.155 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f65ae',
    500: '#232c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c8b;
$custom-light: #6f65ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.808,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35502,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C8B

secondary

#B8AF52

accent

#D545E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C8B

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

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