#232a56

Color #232a56

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.6 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#232a56

RGB

rgb(35, 42, 86)

HSL

hsl(231.8, 42.1%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.8, 59.3%, 33.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.3%, 51.2%, 0%, 66.3%)

LAB

lab(18.74, 11.74, -27.72)

LCH

lch(18.74, 30.1, 292.95)

OKLCH

oklch(30.4%, 0.0792, 273.91)

HWB

hwb(231.8, 13.7%, 66.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#564f23

Analogous

#234356

#232a56

#352356

Triadic

#232a56

#56232a

#2a5623

Split-complementary

#232a56

#563523

#435623

Tetradic

#232a56

#4f2356

#564f23

#2a5623

Square

#232a56

#562343

#564f23

#235635

Shades

Color #232a56 mixed toward black.

#1d2348

#171c39

#11152b

#0c0e1d

#06070e

Tints

Color #232a56 mixed toward white.

#364084

#4957b2

#7580c7

#a3aad9

#d1d5ec

Tones

Color #232a56 mixed toward gray.

#272d52

#2b304d

#303349

#343645

#383941

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.54:1

White text reads better on this background (13.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#26264e · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#26254c · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#234745 · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#2e2e2e · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #232a56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#232a56]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#232a56 (#232a56) is rgb(35, 42, 86) in RGB.

No, #232a56 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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