#233E96#233E96

#233E96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.148 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233E96
RGB	rgb(35, 62, 150)
HSL	hsl(226, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 58.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, 22.60, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 55.99, 293.80°)
OKLab	oklab(40% -0.0089 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.148 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9189, 6.0037, 29.5897)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233E96 #967B23

analogous

#237896 #233E96 #422396

triadic

#233E96 #96233E #3E9623

tetradic

#233E96 #962378 #967B23 #239642

square

#233E96 #962378 #967B23 #239642

split-complementary

#233E96 #964223 #789623

monochromatic

#0C1533 #172964 #233E96 #2F53C8 #5B78D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#233E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#233E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233E96

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233E96	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 62, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.148 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7072b6',
    500: '#233e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233e96;
$custom-light: #7072b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.913,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39999,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233E96

secondary

#BDA558

accent

#BF43E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #233E96

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

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