#2B279C#2B279C

#2B279C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.181 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B279C
RGB	rgb(43, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.84, 40.50, -62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.84, 74.39, 302.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.014 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.181 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7205, 4.3642, 31.8815)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B279C #989C27

analogous

#275D9C #2B279C #65279C

triadic

#2B279C #9C2B27 #279C2B

tetradic

#2B279C #9C275D #989C27 #279C65

square

#2B279C #9C275D #989C27 #279C65

split-complementary

#2B279C #9C6527 #5D9C27

monochromatic

#100F3A #1E1B6B #2B279C #3934CC #6965D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#2B279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#2B279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B279C

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B279C	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.181 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7663ba',
    500: '#2b279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b279c;
$custom-light: #7663ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.051,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36941,
    "c": 0.18098,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B279C

secondary

#BBBE61

accent

#E345DE

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B279C

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

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