#232E40#232E40

#232E40 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.036 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E40
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(217, 29%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(217, 45%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.72, 0.91, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.72, 12.87, 274.06°)
OKLab	oklab(29.95% -0.0062 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(29.95% 0.036 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.5953, 2.6813, 5.2303)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E40 #403523

analogous

#233D40 #232E40 #272340

triadic

#232E40 #40232E #2E4023

tetradic

#232E40 #40233D #403523 #234027

square

#232E40 #40233D #403523 #234027

split-complementary

#232E40 #402723 #3D4023

monochromatic

#0B0E14 #0D1218 #232E40 #394A68 #4E678F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#232E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#232E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E40

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E40	1.00	13.67	1.54	13.67
#FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#193234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.036 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f6675',
    500: '#232e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e40;
$custom-light: #5f6675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 29.293,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2995,
    "c": 0.03623,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E40

secondary

#73644C

accent

#A062C6

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040608

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E40

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

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