#232E9B#232E9B

#232E9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.174 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E9B
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(235, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, 35.11, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 69.72, 300.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0012 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.174 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5845, 4.6770, 31.5070)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E9B #9B9023

analogous

#236A9B #232E9B #54239B

triadic

#232E9B #9B232E #2E9B23

tetradic

#232E9B #9B236A #9B9023 #239B54

square

#232E9B #9B236A #9B9023 #239B54

split-complementary

#232E9B #9B5423 #6A9B23

monochromatic

#0C1037 #181F69 #232E9B #2E3DCD #5E69DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#232E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#232E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E9B

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E9B	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.174 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7367ba',
    500: '#232e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e9b;
$custom-light: #7367ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37465,
    "c": 0.17433,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E9B

secondary

#BFB65A

accent

#D742E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E9B

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

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