#2B238B#2B238B

#2B238B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.164 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B238B
RGB	rgb(43, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(245, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(245, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 37.10, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 67.34, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0198 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.164 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2560, 3.5792, 24.7823)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B238B #838B23

analogous

#234F8B #2B238B #5F238B

triadic

#2B238B #8B2B23 #238B2B

tetradic

#2B238B #8B234F #838B23 #238B5F

square

#2B238B #8B234F #838B23 #238B5F

split-complementary

#2B238B #8B5F23 #4F8B23

monochromatic

#0D0A29 #1C175A #2B238B #3A2FBC #5E54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#2B238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#2B238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B238B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B238B	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.164 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735fae',
    500: '#2b238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b238b;
$custom-light: #735fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34552,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B238B

secondary

#B0B852

accent

#E345D7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090510

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B238B

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

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