#232E89#232E89

#232E89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.150 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E89
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(234, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 28.45, -51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 59.25, 298.70°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.0028 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.15 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1840, 4.1168, 24.1308)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E89 #897E23

analogous

#236189 #232E89 #4B2389

triadic

#232E89 #89232E #2E8923

tetradic

#232E89 #892361 #897E23 #23894B

square

#232E89 #892361 #897E23 #23894B

split-complementary

#232E89 #894B23 #618923

monochromatic

#0A0D28 #171E58 #232E89 #2F3EBA #5361D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#232E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#232E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E89

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E89	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.150 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66ac',
    500: '#232e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e89;
$custom-light: #6e66ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.529,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3567,
    "c": 0.15024,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E89

secondary

#B7AC51

accent

#D245E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E89

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

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