#2B279E#2B279E

#2B279E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.183 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B279E
RGB	rgb(43, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 41.17, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 75.48, 303.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.0136 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.183 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8913, 4.4325, 32.7808)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B279E #9A9E27

analogous

#275E9E #2B279E #66279E

triadic

#2B279E #9E2B27 #279E2B

tetradic

#2B279E #9E275E #9A9E27 #279E66

square

#2B279E #9E275E #9A9E27 #279E66

split-complementary

#2B279E #9E6627 #5E9E27

monochromatic

#100F3C #1E1B6D #2B279E #3A35CD #6A66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#2B279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#2B279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B279E

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B279E	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.183 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7763bc',
    500: '#2b279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b279e;
$custom-light: #7763bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.017,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37154,
    "c": 0.18349,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B279E

secondary

#BCBF62

accent

#E444DE

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B279E

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

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