#232E81#232E81

#232E81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.139 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E81
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 129)
HSL	hsl(233, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(233, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 64.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.32, 25.42, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.32, 54.45, 297.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0032 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.139 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6312, 3.8957, 21.2198)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E81 #817623

analogous

#235D81 #232E81 #472381

triadic

#232E81 #81232E #2E8123

tetradic

#232E81 #81235D #817623 #238147

square

#232E81 #81235D #817623 #238147

split-complementary

#232E81 #814723 #5D8123

monochromatic

#090C21 #161D51 #232E81 #303FB1 #4F5ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#232E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#232E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E81

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E81	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.139 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c66a6',
    500: '#232e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e81;
$custom-light: #6c66a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.979,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34908,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E81

secondary

#B3A74D

accent

#CF47E1

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E81

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

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