#2B179F#2B179F

#2B179F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.198 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B179F
RGB	rgb(43, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(249, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(249, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 49.48, -68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 84.31, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.02 -0.1973)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.198 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5586, 3.6289, 33.0963)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B179F #8B9F17

analogous

#17479F #2B179F #6F179F

triadic

#2B179F #9F2B17 #179F2B

tetradic

#2B179F #9F1747 #8B9F17 #179F6F

square

#2B179F #9F1747 #8B9F17 #179F6F

split-complementary

#2B179F #9F6F17 #479F17

monochromatic

#0E0834 #1D0F6A #2B179F #391FD4 #624BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#2B179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#2B179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B179F

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B179F	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.198 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785abd',
    500: '#2b179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b179f;
$custom-light: #785abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.824,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35341,
    "c": 0.19827,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B179F

secondary

#B5C74B

accent

#F136D6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B179F

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

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