#232E86#232E86

#232E86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.146 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E86
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 134)
HSL	hsl(233, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(233, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 65.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 27.32, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 57.46, 298.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.003 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.146 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9717, 4.0319, 23.0132)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E86 #867B23

analogous

#235F86 #232E86 #492386

triadic

#232E86 #86232E #2E8623

tetradic

#232E86 #86235F #867B23 #238649

square

#232E86 #86235F #867B23 #238649

split-complementary

#232E86 #864923 #5F8623

monochromatic

#0A0D25 #161D55 #232E86 #303FB7 #5260D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#232E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#232E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E86

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E86	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.146 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d66aa',
    500: '#232e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e86;
$custom-light: #6d66aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35381,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E86

secondary

#B5AA4F

accent

#D046E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E86

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

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