#232D8E#232D8E

#232D8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.158 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232D8E
RGB	rgb(35, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.28, 30.98, -54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.28, 62.88, 299.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.0031 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.158 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5123, 4.1864, 26.0508)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232D8E #8E8423

analogous

#23628E #232D8E #4F238E

triadic

#232D8E #8E232D #2D8E23

tetradic

#232D8E #8E2362 #8E8423 #238E4F

square

#232D8E #8E2362 #8E8423 #238E4F

split-complementary

#232D8E #8E4F23 #628E23

monochromatic

#0B0E2C #171D5D #232D8E #2F3DBF #5662D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#232D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#232D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232D8E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232D8E	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.158 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f66b0',
    500: '#232d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232d8e;
$custom-light: #6f66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.393,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35978,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232D8E

secondary

#B9B053

accent

#D544E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #232D8E

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

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