#232E8C#232E8C

#232E8C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.154 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E8C
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 140)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 67.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 29.58, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 61.03, 298.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.96% 0.0026 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(35.96% 0.154 271)
XYZ	xyz(6.4021, 4.2041, 25.2799)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E8C #8C8123

analogous

#23638C #232E8C #4D238C

triadic

#232E8C #8C232E #2E8C23

tetradic

#232E8C #8C2363 #8C8123 #238C4D

square

#232E8C #8C2363 #8C8123 #238C4D

split-complementary

#232E8C #8C4D23 #638C23

monochromatic

#0B0E2A #171E5B #232E8C #2F3EBD #5562D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#232E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#232E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E8C

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E8C	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.154 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67af',
    500: '#232e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e8c;
$custom-light: #6f67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35961,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.04205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E8C

secondary

#B8AE52

accent

#D345E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E8C

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

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