#23498E#23498E

#23498E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.123 H 261.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23498E
RGB	rgb(35, 73, 142)
HSL	hsl(219, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(219, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 48.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 11.93, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 43.86, 285.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% -0.0188 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.123 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9564, 7.0745, 26.5321)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23498E #8E6823

analogous

#237E8E #23498E #33238E

triadic

#23498E #8E2349 #498E23

tetradic

#23498E #8E237E #8E6823 #238E33

square

#23498E #8E237E #8E6823 #238E33

split-complementary

#23498E #8E3323 #7E8E23

monochromatic

#0B172C #17305D #23498E #2F62BF #5683D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#23498E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#23498E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23498E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23498E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23498E	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06478D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23498e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 73, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.123 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7baf',
    500: '#23498e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23498e;
$custom-light: #6d7baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23498e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.692,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41748,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23498E

secondary

#B99553

accent

#AB44E4

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #23498E

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

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