#2B429C#2B429C

#2B429C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.149 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B429C
RGB	rgb(43, 66, 156)
HSL	hsl(228, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(228, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 57.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 23.24, -51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 56.68, 294.20°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% -0.0044 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.149 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9432, 6.8094, 32.2891)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B429C #9C852B

analogous

#2B7B9C #2B429C #4D2B9C

triadic

#2B429C #9C2B42 #429C2B

tetradic

#2B429C #9C2B7B #9C852B #2B9C4D

square

#2B429C #9C2B7B #9C852B #2B9C4D

split-complementary

#2B429C #9C4D2B #7B9C2B

monochromatic

#11193C #1E2E6C #2B429C #3B58C9 #6B81D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#2B429C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#2B429C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B429C

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B429C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B429C	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b429c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 66, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.149 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476ba',
    500: '#2b429c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b429c;
$custom-light: #7476ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b429c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.788,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41712,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B429C

secondary

#BDAB66

accent

#C148E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B429C

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

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