#2B38B6#2B38B6

#2B38B6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.196 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B38B6
RGB	rgb(43, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(234, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(234, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 39.30, -67.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 78.23, 300.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.0013 -0.1958)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.196 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8510, 6.7182, 44.9718)
Luminance	0.0672 (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

#2B38B6 #B6A92B

analogous

#2B7EB6 #2B38B6 #632BB6

triadic

#2B38B6 #B62B38 #38B62B

tetradic

#2B38B6 #B62B7E #B6A92B #2BB663

square

#2B38B6 #B62B7E #B6A92B #2BB663

split-complementary

#2B38B6 #B6632B #7EB62B

monochromatic

#141A53 #1F2984 #2B38B6 #4A57D4 #7B85E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#2B38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#2B38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B38B6

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B38B6	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.196 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6fcd',
    500: '#2b38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b38b6;
$custom-light: #7b6fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.388,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42257,
    "c": 0.19578,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B38B6

secondary

#C8C075

accent

#D643E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B38B6

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

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