#232CA8#232CA8

#232CA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.193 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232CA8
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 168)
HSL	hsl(236, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 40.97, -66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 78.23, 301.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.0004 -0.193)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.193 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6593, 4.9849, 37.5440)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232CA8 #A89F23

analogous

#236EA8 #232CA8 #5D23A8

triadic

#232CA8 #A8232C #2CA823

tetradic

#232CA8 #A8236E #A89F23 #23A85D

square

#232CA8 #A8236E #A89F23 #23A85D

split-complementary

#232CA8 #A85D23 #6EA823

monochromatic

#0E1143 #181F75 #232CA8 #343ED5 #666EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#232CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#232CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232CA8

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232CA8	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.193 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7666c3',
    500: '#232ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232ca8;
$custom-light: #7666c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.94,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38512,
    "c": 0.19301,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232CA8

secondary

#C5BE62

accent

#DD3FE8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #232CA8

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

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