#2B227E#2B227E

#2B227E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.148 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B227E
RGB	rgb(43, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(246, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(246, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.69, 33.28, -50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.69, 60.53, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.05% 0.023 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(33.05% 0.148 279)
XYZ	xyz(5.3330, 3.1636, 20.0642)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B227E #757E22

analogous

#22477E #2B227E #59227E

triadic

#2B227E #7E2B22 #227E2B

tetradic

#2B227E #7E2247 #757E22 #227E59

square

#2B227E #7E2247 #757E22 #227E59

split-complementary

#2B227E #7E5922 #477E22

monochromatic

#0A081E #1B154E #2B227E #3B2FAE #594CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#2B227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#2B227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B227E

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B227E	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.148 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#705ea4',
    500: '#2b227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b227e;
$custom-light: #705ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33053,
    "c": 0.14768,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.03164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B227E

secondary

#A7B14B

accent

#E147D2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B227E

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

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