#232E56#232E56

#232E56 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.073 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E56
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 86)
HSL	hsl(227, 42%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(227, 59%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 46.5%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.98, 8.86, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.98, 27.22, 288.99°)
OKLab	oklab(31.33% 0.0002 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(31.33% 0.073 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3493, 2.9830, 9.2016)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E56 #564B23

analogous

#234756 #232E56 #312356

triadic

#232E56 #56232E #2E5623

tetradic

#232E56 #562347 #564B23 #235631

square

#232E56 #562347 #564B23 #235631

split-complementary

#232E56 #563123 #475623

monochromatic

#090C16 #11172B #232E56 #354581 #465DAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#232E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#232E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E56

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E56	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08373D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.073 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626686',
    500: '#232e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e56;
$custom-light: #626686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.059,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31334,
    "c": 0.07314,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E56

secondary

#8A7C4B

accent

#B756D2

background

#F6F6F8

surface

#EBEBEF

border

#C6C6CA

text

#05050B

muted

#7A7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E56

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

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