#232D9D#232D9D

#232D9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.178 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232D9D
RGB	rgb(35, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(235, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(235, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 36.47, -61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 71.49, 300.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0015 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.178 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7153, 4.6676, 32.3861)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232D9D #9D9323

analogous

#236A9D #232D9D #56239D

triadic

#232D9D #9D232D #2D9D23

tetradic

#232D9D #9D236A #9D9323 #239D56

square

#232D9D #9D236A #9D9323 #239D56

split-complementary

#232D9D #9D5623 #6A9D23

monochromatic

#0D1039 #181F6B #232D9D #2E3BCF #5F69DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#232D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#232D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232D9D

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232D9D	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.178 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366bb',
    500: '#232d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232d9d;
$custom-light: #7366bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.082,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37506,
    "c": 0.17804,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232D9D

secondary

#C0B85C

accent

#D941E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232D9D

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

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