#233E86#233E86

#233E86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.125 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233E86
RGB	rgb(35, 62, 134)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(224, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 53.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 16.31, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 46.36, 290.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% -0.01 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.125 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7173, 5.5231, 23.2617)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233E86 #866B23

analogous

#236F86 #233E86 #392386

triadic

#233E86 #86233E #3E8623

tetradic

#233E86 #86236F #866B23 #238639

square

#233E86 #86236F #866B23 #238639

split-complementary

#233E86 #863923 #6F8623

monochromatic

#0A1125 #162855 #233E86 #3054B7 #5275D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#233E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#233E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233E86

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233E86	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 62, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.125 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c72aa',
    500: '#233e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233e86;
$custom-light: #6c72aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38667,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233E86

secondary

#B59A4F

accent

#B746E2

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECECF4

border

#C7C7CE

text

#080810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #233E86

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

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