#232C9B#232C9B

#232C9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.177 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#232C9B
RGBrgb(35, 44, 155)
HSLhsl(236, 63%, 37%)
HSVhsv(236, 77%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(77.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(25.33, 36.37, -60.98)
CIE-LCHlch(25.33, 71.01, 300.81°)
OKLaboklab(37.13% 0.0022 -0.1765)
OKLCHoklch(37.13% 0.177 270.7)
XYZxyz(7.5082, 4.5244, 31.4816)
Luminance0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#232C9B #9B9223
analogous
#23689B #232C9B #56239B
triadic
#232C9B #9B232C #2C9B23
tetradic
#232C9B #9B2368 #9B9223 #239B56
square
#232C9B #9B2368 #9B9223 #239B56
split-complementary
#232C9B #9B5623 #689B23
monochromatic
#0C1037 #181E69 #232C9B #2E3ACD #5E67DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02
#232C9B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91
#232C9B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C9B
11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##232C9B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##232C9B1.0011.021.9111.02
#FFFFFF11.021.0021.001.00
#0000001.9121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00429E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003699
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#004B60
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #232c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.177 270.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366ba',
    500: '#232c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #232c9b;
$custom-light: #7366ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#232c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37134,
    "c": 0.17655,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#232C9B
secondary
#BFB85A
accent
#DA42E6
background
#F7F6FB
surface
#EEEBF6
border
#C9C6D0
text
#090612
muted
#7B7A81

Preview Lab

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#232C9B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva