#232C9A#232C9A

#232C9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.175 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C9A
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 154)
HSL	hsl(235, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 36.01, -60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 70.44, 300.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0023 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.175 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4246, 4.4910, 31.0411)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C9A #9A9123

analogous

#23689A #232C9A #56239A

triadic

#232C9A #9A232C #2C9A23

tetradic

#232C9A #9A2368 #9A9123 #239A56

square

#232C9A #9A2368 #9A9123 #239A56

split-complementary

#232C9A #9A5623 #689A23

monochromatic

#0C1036 #181E68 #232C9A #2E3ACC #5D67DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#232C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#232C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C9A

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C9A	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.175 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7266b9',
    500: '#232c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c9a;
$custom-light: #7266b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.462,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3703,
    "c": 0.17527,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C9A

secondary

#BFB75A

accent

#DA42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C9A

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

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