#233E98#233E98

#233E98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.151 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233E98
RGB	rgb(35, 62, 152)
HSL	hsl(226, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(226, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 59.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 23.37, -52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 57.18, 294.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% -0.0088 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.151 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0813, 6.0687, 30.4451)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233E98 #987D23

analogous

#237998 #233E98 #432398

triadic

#233E98 #98233E #3E9823

tetradic

#233E98 #982379 #987D23 #239843

square

#233E98 #982379 #987D23 #239843

split-complementary

#233E98 #984323 #799823

monochromatic

#0C1535 #182A66 #233E98 #2E52CA #5C79D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#233E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#233E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233E98

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233E98	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 62, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.151 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7072b7',
    500: '#233e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233e98;
$custom-light: #7072b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40172,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233E98

secondary

#BEA759

accent

#C042E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #233E98

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

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