#2B408B#2B408B

#2B408B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.127 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B408B
RGB	rgb(43, 64, 139)
HSL	hsl(227, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 54%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 18.13, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 47.86, 292.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.91% -0.0037 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(39.91% 0.127 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4883, 6.0437, 25.1930)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B408B #8B762B

analogous

#2B708B #2B408B #462B8B

triadic

#2B408B #8B2B40 #408B2B

tetradic

#2B408B #8B2B70 #8B762B #2B8B46

square

#2B408B #8B2B70 #8B762B #2B8B46

split-complementary

#2B408B #8B462B #708B2B

monochromatic

#0E152E #1D2A5C #2B408B #3956BA #627ACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#2B408B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#2B408B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B408B

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B408B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B408B	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b408b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 64, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.127 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7074ad',
    500: '#2b408b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b408b;
$custom-light: #7074ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b408b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39914,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B408B

secondary

#B5A15D

accent

#BD4CDC

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B408B

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

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