#204C9E#204C9E

#204C9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.142 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#204C9E
RGB	rgb(32, 76, 158)
HSL	hsl(219, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(219, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 51.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 15.87, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 51.40, 287.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% -0.0212 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.142 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3494, 7.9435, 33.3816)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#204C9E #9E7220

analogous

#208B9E #204C9E #33209E

triadic

#204C9E #9E204C #4C9E20

tetradic

#204C9E #9E208B #9E7220 #209E33

square

#204C9E #9E208B #9E7220 #209E33

split-complementary

#204C9E #9E3320 #8B9E20

monochromatic

#0B1B38 #16346B #204C9E #2A64D1 #5B88DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#204C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#204C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #204C9E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##204C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##204C9E	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1656A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #204c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 76, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.142 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707dbb',
    500: '#204c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #204c9e;
$custom-light: #707dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#204c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.048,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43521,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#204C9E

secondary

#C29D58

accent

#AE3FE9

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #204C9E

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

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