#232C8D#232C8D

#232C8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.158 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C8D
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(235, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(235, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 68.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 31.27, -54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 62.97, 299.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0038 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.158 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3999, 4.0811, 25.6446)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C8D #8D8423

analogous

#23618D #232C8D #4F238D

triadic

#232C8D #8D232C #2C8D23

tetradic

#232C8D #8D2361 #8D8423 #238D4F

square

#232C8D #8D2361 #8D8423 #238D4F

split-complementary

#232C8D #8D4F23 #618D23

monochromatic

#0B0D2B #171D5C #232C8D #2F3BBE #5560D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#232C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#232C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C8D

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C8D	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.158 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f65af',
    500: '#232c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c8d;
$custom-light: #6f65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.906,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35701,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C8D

secondary

#B9B053

accent

#D644E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C8D

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

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