#232E8D#232E8D

#232E8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.156 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E8D
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 29.95, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 61.62, 299.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.06% 0.0025 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(36.06% 0.156 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4762, 4.2337, 25.6700)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E8D #8D8223

analogous

#23638D #232E8D #4D238D

triadic

#232E8D #8D232E #2E8D23

tetradic

#232E8D #8D2363 #8D8223 #238D4D

square

#232E8D #8D2363 #8D8223 #238D4D

split-complementary

#232E8D #8D4D23 #638D23

monochromatic

#0B0E2B #171E5C #232E8D #2F3EBE #5563D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#232E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#232E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E8D

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E8D	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.156 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67af',
    500: '#232e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e8d;
$custom-light: #6f67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.774,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36059,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E8D

secondary

#B9AE53

accent

#D344E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E8D

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

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