#233CD4#233CD4

#233CD4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.230 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233CD4
RGB	rgb(35, 60, 212)
HSL	hsl(232, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(232, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.68, 46.78, -79.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.68, 92.15, 300.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% -0.0106 -0.2301)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.23 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1885, 8.3408, 63.1367)
Luminance	0.0834 (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

#233CD4 #D4BB23

analogous

#2395D4 #233CD4 #6223D4

triadic

#233CD4 #D4233C #3CD423

tetradic

#233CD4 #D42395 #D4BB23 #23D462

square

#233CD4 #D42395 #D4BB23 #23D462

split-complementary

#233CD4 #D46223 #95D423

monochromatic

#121E6B #1A2D9F #233CD4 #5266E2 #8695EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#233CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#233CD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233CD4

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233CD4	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 60, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.230 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8072e3',
    500: '#233cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233cd4;
$custom-light: #8072e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.525,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.456,
    "c": 0.23039,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233CD4

secondary

#D4C87E

accent

#D539EE

background

#F8F7FE

surface

#F0EDFC

border

#CBC8D5

text

#0C0816

muted

#7D7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #233CD4

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

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