#232E9A#232E9A

#232E9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.173 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E9A
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(234, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(234, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 34.75, -59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 69.15, 300.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0013 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.173 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5009, 4.6436, 31.0666)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E9A #9A8F23

analogous

#236A9A #232E9A #54239A

triadic

#232E9A #9A232E #2E9A23

tetradic

#232E9A #9A236A #9A8F23 #239A54

square

#232E9A #9A236A #9A8F23 #239A54

split-complementary

#232E9A #9A5423 #6A9A23

monochromatic

#0C1036 #181F68 #232E9A #2E3DCC #5D69DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#232E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#232E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E9A

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E9A	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.173 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7267b9',
    500: '#232e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e9a;
$custom-light: #7267b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.454,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37363,
    "c": 0.17303,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E9A

secondary

#BFB65A

accent

#D742E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E9A

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

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