#232C9C#232C9C

#232C9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.178 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C9C
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 156)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.44, 36.73, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.44, 71.57, 300.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0021 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.178 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5925, 4.5582, 31.9257)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C9C #9C9323

analogous

#23699C #232C9C #56239C

triadic

#232C9C #9C232C #2C9C23

tetradic

#232C9C #9C2369 #9C9323 #239C56

square

#232C9C #9C2369 #9C9323 #239C56

split-complementary

#232C9C #9C5623 #699C23

monochromatic

#0D1038 #181E6A #232C9C #2E3ACE #5E68DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#232C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#232C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C9C

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C9C	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.178 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366ba',
    500: '#232c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c9c;
$custom-light: #7366ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.537,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37238,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C9C

secondary

#C0B85B

accent

#DA41E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C9C

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

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