#2B279D#2B279D

#2B279D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.182 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B279D
RGB	rgb(43, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 40.84, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 74.94, 303.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0138 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.182 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8056, 4.3982, 32.3293)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B279D #999D27

analogous

#275E9D #2B279D #66279D

triadic

#2B279D #9D2B27 #279D2B

tetradic

#2B279D #9D275E #999D27 #279D66

square

#2B279D #9D275E #999D27 #279D66

split-complementary

#2B279D #9D6627 #5E9D27

monochromatic

#100F3B #1E1B6C #2B279D #3A35CD #6966D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#2B279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#2B279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B279D

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B279D	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.182 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7763bb',
    500: '#2b279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b279d;
$custom-light: #7763bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.034,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37047,
    "c": 0.18224,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B279D

secondary

#BCBF61

accent

#E344DE

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B279D

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

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