#233BD4#233BD4

#233BD4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.231 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233BD4
RGB	rgb(35, 59, 212)
HSL	hsl(232, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(232, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 72.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.47, 47.36, -79.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.47, 92.75, 300.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.45% -0.0103 -0.2312)
OKLCH	oklch(45.45% 0.231 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1366, 8.2370, 63.1194)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233BD4 #D4BC23

analogous

#2394D4 #233BD4 #6323D4

triadic

#233BD4 #D4233B #3BD423

tetradic

#233BD4 #D42394 #D4BC23 #23D463

square

#233BD4 #D42394 #D4BC23 #23D463

split-complementary

#233BD4 #D46323 #94D423

monochromatic

#121E6B #1A2C9F #233BD4 #5265E2 #8694EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#233BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#233BD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233BD4

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233BD4	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 59, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.231 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8072e3',
    500: '#233bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233bd4;
$custom-light: #8072e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.864,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45448,
    "c": 0.23139,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233BD4

secondary

#D4C97E

accent

#D639EE

background

#F8F6FE

surface

#F0ECFC

border

#CBC7D5

text

#0C0816

muted

#7D7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #233BD4

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

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