#232E8B#232E8B

#232E8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.153 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E8B
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.24, 29.21, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.24, 60.44, 298.90°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0027 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.153 271)
XYZ	xyz(6.3287, 4.1747, 24.8934)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E8B #8B8023

analogous

#23628B #232E8B #4C238B

triadic

#232E8B #8B232E #2E8B23

tetradic

#232E8B #8B2362 #8B8023 #238B4C

square

#232E8B #8B2362 #8B8023 #238B4C

split-complementary

#232E8B #8B4C23 #628B23

monochromatic

#0A0E29 #171E5A #232E8B #2F3EBC #5462D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#232E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#232E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E8B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E8B	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.153 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e67ae',
    500: '#232e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e8b;
$custom-light: #6e67ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.654,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35864,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.04175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E8B

secondary

#B8AD52

accent

#D245E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E8B

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

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