#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
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 155)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 36.37, -60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 71.01, 300.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0022 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.177 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5082, 4.5244, 31.4816)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##232C9B	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #232C9B

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

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