#232E59#232E59

#232E59 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.078 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E59
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 89)
HSL	hsl(228, 44%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(228, 61%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 48.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.17, 10.00, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.17, 29.18, 290.03°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% 0.0008 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.078 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4727, 3.0323, 9.8516)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E59 #594E23

analogous

#234959 #232E59 #332359

triadic

#232E59 #59232E #2E5923

tetradic

#232E59 #592349 #594E23 #235933

square

#232E59 #592349 #594E23 #235933

split-complementary

#232E59 #593323 #495923

monochromatic

#090B16 #12172D #232E59 #344585 #465BB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.07

#232E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#232E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E59

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E59	1.00	13.07	1.61	13.07
#FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B335B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04373F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.078 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636688',
    500: '#232e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e59;
$custom-light: #636688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.778,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31549,
    "c": 0.07807,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E59

secondary

#8D7F4B

accent

#B955D3

background

#F6F6F8

surface

#EBEBF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#7A7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E59

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

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