#232C8C#232C8C

#232C8C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.157 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C8C
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 140)
HSL	hsl(235, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 68.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 30.90, -54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 62.38, 299.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0039 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.157 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3258, 4.0515, 25.2545)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C8C #8C8323

analogous

#23618C #232C8C #4F238C

triadic

#232C8C #8C232C #2C8C23

tetradic

#232C8C #8C2361 #8C8323 #238C4F

square

#232C8C #8C2361 #8C8323 #238C4F

split-complementary

#232C8C #8C4F23 #618C23

monochromatic

#0B0D2A #171D5B #232C8C #2F3BBD #5560D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#232C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#232C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C8C

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C8C	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.157 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f65af',
    500: '#232c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c8c;
$custom-light: #6f65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35601,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C8C

secondary

#B8B052

accent

#D645E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C8C

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

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