#232E88#232E88

#232E88 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.149 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E88
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 136)
HSL	hsl(233, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(233, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.96, 28.08, -51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.96, 58.66, 298.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0029 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.149 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1126, 4.0883, 23.7548)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E88 #887D23

analogous

#236088 #232E88 #4A2388

triadic

#232E88 #88232E #2E8823

tetradic

#232E88 #882360 #887D23 #23884A

square

#232E88 #882360 #887D23 #23884A

split-complementary

#232E88 #884A23 #608823

monochromatic

#0A0D27 #161E57 #232E88 #303EB9 #5361D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#232E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#232E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E88

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E88	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.149 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66ac',
    500: '#232e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e88;
$custom-light: #6e66ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.465,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35573,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E88

secondary

#B7AB50

accent

#D146E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E88

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

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