#233CAE#233CAE

#233CAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.183 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233CAE
RGB	rgb(35, 60, 174)
HSL	hsl(229, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(229, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 65.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.98, 33.11, -63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.98, 71.33, 297.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% -0.0077 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.183 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9463, 6.6439, 40.7944)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233CAE #AE9523

analogous

#2381AE #233CAE #5023AE

triadic

#233CAE #AE233C #3CAE23

tetradic

#233CAE #AE2381 #AE9523 #23AE50

square

#233CAE #AE2381 #AE9523 #23AE50

split-complementary

#233CAE #AE5023 #81AE23

monochromatic

#0F1948 #192A7B #233CAE #3754D7 #6A80E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#233CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#233CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233CAE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233CAE	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 60, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.183 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7671c7',
    500: '#233cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233cae;
$custom-light: #7671c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.209,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.418,
    "c": 0.18305,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233CAE

secondary

#C7B666

accent

#CB3EE9

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEECF8

border

#C9C7D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #233CAE

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

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