#233E97#233E97

#233E97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.150 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233E97
RGB	rgb(35, 62, 151)
HSL	hsl(226, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 58.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.50, 22.98, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.50, 56.59, 293.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% -0.0088 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.15 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9997, 6.0361, 30.0156)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233E97 #977C23

analogous

#237897 #233E97 #422397

triadic

#233E97 #97233E #3E9723

tetradic

#233E97 #972378 #977C23 #239742

square

#233E97 #972378 #977C23 #239742

split-complementary

#233E97 #974223 #789723

monochromatic

#0C1534 #172A65 #233E97 #2F52C9 #5B79D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#233E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#233E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233E97

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233E97	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 62, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.150 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7072b6',
    500: '#233e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233e97;
$custom-light: #7072b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.034,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40086,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233E97

secondary

#BEA658

accent

#BF42E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #233E97

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

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