#232D8D#232D8D

#232D8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.157 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232D8D
RGB	rgb(35, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 30.61, -54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 62.29, 299.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% 0.0032 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.157 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4376, 4.1565, 25.6572)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232D8D #8D8323

analogous

#23628D #232D8D #4E238D

triadic

#232D8D #8D232D #2D8D23

tetradic

#232D8D #8D2362 #8D8323 #238D4E

square

#232D8D #8D2362 #8D8323 #238D4E

split-complementary

#232D8D #8D4E23 #628D23

monochromatic

#0B0E2B #171D5C #232D8D #2F3DBE #5562D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#232D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#232D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232D8D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232D8D	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.157 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f66af',
    500: '#232d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232d8d;
$custom-light: #6f66af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.34,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35879,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232D8D

secondary

#B9AF53

accent

#D444E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232D8D

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

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