#232E85#232E85

#232E85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.145 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E85
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(233, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(233, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.69, 26.94, -50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.69, 56.86, 298.28°)
OKLab	oklab(35.29% 0.003 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(35.29% 0.145 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9023, 4.0042, 22.6476)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E85 #857A23

analogous

#235F85 #232E85 #492385

triadic

#232E85 #85232E #2E8523

tetradic

#232E85 #85235F #857A23 #238549

square

#232E85 #85235F #857A23 #238549

split-complementary

#232E85 #854923 #5F8523

monochromatic

#090C24 #161D55 #232E85 #303FB5 #5160D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#232E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#232E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E85

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E85	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.145 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d66a9',
    500: '#232e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e85;
$custom-light: #6d66a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.265,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35286,
    "c": 0.14468,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E85

secondary

#B5AA4F

accent

#D046E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E85

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

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