#232E51#232E51

#232E51 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.065 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E51
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 81)
HSL	hsl(226, 40%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(226, 57%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 43.2%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.66, 6.98, -22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.66, 23.94, 286.95°)
OKLab	oklab(30.99% -0.0009 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(30.99% 0.065 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1548, 2.9052, 8.1775)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E51 #514623

analogous

#234551 #232E51 #2F2351

triadic

#232E51 #51232E #2E5123

tetradic

#232E51 #512345 #514623 #23512F

square

#232E51 #512345 #514623 #23512F

split-complementary

#232E51 #512F23 #455123

monochromatic

#090C15 #111626 #232E51 #35467C #485FA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.28

#232E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#232E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E51

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E51	1.00	13.28	1.58	13.28
#FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#203252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E363B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.065 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626682',
    500: '#232e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e51;
$custom-light: #626682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.652,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30989,
    "c": 0.06483,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E51

secondary

#85774B

accent

#B358D0

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAEBEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#05050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E51

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

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