#2B38B7#2B38B7

#2B38B7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.197 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B38B7
RGB	rgb(43, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(234, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(234, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 39.65, -68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 78.78, 300.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.0012 -0.197)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.197 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9548, 6.7596, 45.5180)
Luminance	0.0676 (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

#2B38B7 #B7AA2B

analogous

#2B7EB7 #2B38B7 #642BB7

triadic

#2B38B7 #B72B38 #38B72B

tetradic

#2B38B7 #B72B7E #B7AA2B #2BB764

square

#2B38B7 #B72B7E #B7AA2B #2BB764

split-complementary

#2B38B7 #B7642B #7EB72B

monochromatic

#141A54 #1F2985 #2B38B7 #4B57D5 #7C85E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#2B38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#2B38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B38B7

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B38B7	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.197 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6fce',
    500: '#2b38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b38b7;
$custom-light: #7b6fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42356,
    "c": 0.19705,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B38B7

secondary

#C9C175

accent

#D643E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B38B7

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

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