#2B23A7#2B23A7

#2B23A7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.198 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B23A7
RGBrgb(43, 35, 167)
HSLhsl(244, 65%, 40%)
HSVhsv(244, 79%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(74.3%, 79%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LABlab(25.27, 46.30, -68.36)
CIE-LCHlch(25.27, 82.57, 304.11°)
OKLaboklab(37.6% 0.0135 -0.1978)
OKLCHoklch(37.6% 0.198 273.9)
XYZxyz(8.5700, 4.5048, 36.9696)
Luminance0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B23A7 #9FA723
analogous
#235DA7 #2B23A7 #6D23A7
triadic
#2B23A7 #A72B23 #23A72B
tetradic
#2B23A7 #A7235D #9FA723 #23A76D
square
#2B23A7 #A7235D #9FA723 #23A76D
split-complementary
#2B23A7 #A76D23 #5DA723
monochromatic
#110E42 #1E1874 #2B23A7 #3D33D4 #6D66DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05
#2B23A7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90
#2B23A7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B23A7
11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B23A7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2B23A71.0011.051.9011.05
#FFFFFF11.051.0021.001.00
#0000001.9021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.051.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0042AB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0036A5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#004B65
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b23a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 35, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.198 273.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7961c2',
    500: '#2b23a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b23a7;
$custom-light: #7961c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b23a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.636,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37602,
    "c": 0.19822,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B23A7
secondary
#BEC461
accent
#E83FDE
background
#F8F5FC
surface
#EFEAF8
border
#CAC6D1
text
#0B0513
muted
#7C7982

Preview Lab

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#2B23A7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva