#2B169D#2B169D

#2B169D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.197 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B169D
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 157)
HSL	hsl(249, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(249, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 86%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.02, 49.30, -67.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.02, 83.73, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.021 -0.1955)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.197 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3670, 3.5210, 32.1831)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B169D #889D16

analogous

#16459D #2B169D #6E169D

triadic

#2B169D #9D2B16 #169D2B

tetradic

#2B169D #9D1645 #889D16 #169D6E

square

#2B169D #9D1645 #889D16 #169D6E

split-complementary

#2B169D #9D6E16 #459D16

monochromatic

#0E0732 #1C0E67 #2B169D #3A1ED3 #6148E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#2B169D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#2B169D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B169D

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B169D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B169D	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b169d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.197 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785abb',
    500: '#2b169d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b169d;
$custom-light: #785abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b169d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.333,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35007,
    "c": 0.19666,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B169D

secondary

#B3C748

accent

#F236D5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B169D

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

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