#232E8E#232E8E

#232E8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.157 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E8E
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 30.33, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 62.21, 299.18°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0024 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.157 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5510, 4.2636, 26.0637)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E8E #8E8323

analogous

#23638E #232E8E #4E238E

triadic

#232E8E #8E232E #2E8E23

tetradic

#232E8E #8E2363 #8E8323 #238E4E

square

#232E8E #8E2363 #8E8323 #238E4E

split-complementary

#232E8E #8E4E23 #638E23

monochromatic

#0B0E2C #171E5D #232E8E #2F3EBF #5663D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#232E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#232E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E8E

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E8E	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.157 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67b0',
    500: '#232e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e8e;
$custom-light: #6f67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.832,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36158,
    "c": 0.15707,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E8E

secondary

#B9AF53

accent

#D344E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E8E

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

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