#232E55#232E55

#232E55 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.071 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E55
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 85)
HSL	hsl(227, 42%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(227, 59%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 45.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.91, 8.48, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.91, 26.57, 288.61°)
OKLab	oklab(31.26% 0 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(31.26% 0.071 270)
XYZ	xyz(3.3093, 2.9670, 8.9909)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E55 #554A23

analogous

#234755 #232E55 #312355

triadic

#232E55 #55232E #2E5523

tetradic

#232E55 #552347 #554A23 #235531

square

#232E55 #552347 #554A23 #235531

split-complementary

#232E55 #553123 #475523

monochromatic

#090C16 #11172A #232E55 #354580 #475DAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#232E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#232E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E55

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E55	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09363D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.071 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626685',
    500: '#232e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e55;
$custom-light: #626685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.8,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31264,
    "c": 0.07149,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.02967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E55

secondary

#897B4B

accent

#B656D1

background

#F6F6F8

surface

#EBEBEF

border

#C6C6CA

text

#05050B

muted

#7A7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E55

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

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