#2B38AE#2B38AE

#2B38AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.186 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B38AE
RGB	rgb(43, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 36.45, -64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 73.77, 299.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0021 -0.1855)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.186 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0478, 6.3969, 40.7414)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B38AE #AEA12B

analogous

#2B79AE #2B38AE #602BAE

triadic

#2B38AE #AE2B38 #38AE2B

tetradic

#2B38AE #AE2B79 #AEA12B #2BAE60

square

#2B38AE #AE2B79 #AEA12B #2BAE60

split-complementary

#2B38AE #AE602B #79AE2B

monochromatic

#13184C #1F287D #2B38AE #4553D1 #7680DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#2B38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#2B38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B38AE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B38AE	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00586E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.186 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796fc7',
    500: '#2b38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b38ae;
$custom-light: #796fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.046,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41471,
    "c": 0.18555,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B38AE

secondary

#C5BC70

accent

#D444E4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B38AE

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

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