#232E8A#232E8A

#232E8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.152 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E8A
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 28.83, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 59.85, 298.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0027 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.152 271)
XYZ	xyz(6.2560, 4.1456, 24.5103)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E8A #8A7F23

analogous

#23628A #232E8A #4C238A

triadic

#232E8A #8A232E #2E8A23

tetradic

#232E8A #8A2362 #8A7F23 #238A4C

square

#232E8A #8A2362 #8A7F23 #238A4C

split-complementary

#232E8A #8A4C23 #628A23

monochromatic

#0A0D28 #171E59 #232E8A #2F3EBB #5461D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#232E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#232E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E8A

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E8A	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.152 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66ad',
    500: '#232e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e8a;
$custom-light: #6e66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.592,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35767,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.04146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E8A

secondary

#B7AD51

accent

#D245E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E8A

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

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