#233B96#233B96

#233B96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.152 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233B96
RGB	rgb(35, 59, 150)
HSL	hsl(227, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 24.64, -52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 58.05, 295.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% -0.0067 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.152 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7602, 5.6864, 29.5369)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233B96 #967E23

analogous

#237596 #233B96 #452396

triadic

#233B96 #96233B #3B9623

tetradic

#233B96 #962375 #967E23 #239645

square

#233B96 #962375 #967E23 #239645

split-complementary

#233B96 #964523 #759623

monochromatic

#0C1433 #172764 #233B96 #2F4FC8 #5B75D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#233B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#233B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233B96

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233B96	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 59, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.152 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7070b6',
    500: '#233b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233b96;
$custom-light: #7070b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.478,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3939,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233B96

secondary

#BDA858

accent

#C343E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #233B96

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

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