#232C9D#232C9D

#232C9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.179 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C9D
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 157)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 72%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 37.09, -61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 72.13, 300.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.002 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.179 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6775, 4.5922, 32.3735)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C9D #9D9423

analogous

#23699D #232C9D #57239D

triadic

#232C9D #9D232C #2C9D23

tetradic

#232C9D #9D2369 #9D9423 #239D57

square

#232C9D #9D2369 #9D9423 #239D57

split-complementary

#232C9D #9D5723 #699D23

monochromatic

#0D1039 #181E6B #232C9D #2E3ACF #5F68DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#232C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#232C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C9D

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C9D	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.179 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366bb',
    500: '#232c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c9d;
$custom-light: #7366bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.574,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37343,
    "c": 0.17913,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C9D

secondary

#C0B95C

accent

#DA41E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C9D

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

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