#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
RGBrgb(35, 46, 142)
HSLhsl(234, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(234, 75%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(75.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(24.52, 30.33, -54.31)
CIE-LCHlch(24.52, 62.21, 299.18°)
OKLaboklab(36.16% 0.0024 -0.157)
OKLCHoklch(36.16% 0.157 270.9)
XYZxyz(6.5510, 4.2636, 26.0637)
Luminance0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##232E8E1.0011.331.8511.33
#FFFFFF11.331.0021.001.00
#0000001.8521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.331.0021.001.00

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

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#232E8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva