#2B429D#2B429D

#2B429D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.150 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B429D
RGB	rgb(43, 66, 157)
HSL	hsl(228, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(228, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 58%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 23.62, -52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 57.27, 294.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% -0.0043 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.15 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0282, 6.8434, 32.7369)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B429D #9D862B

analogous

#2B7B9D #2B429D #4D2B9D

triadic

#2B429D #9D2B42 #429D2B

tetradic

#2B429D #9D2B7B #9D862B #2B9D4D

square

#2B429D #9D2B7B #9D862B #2B9D4D

split-complementary

#2B429D #9D4D2B #7B9D2B

monochromatic

#111A3D #1E2E6D #2B429D #3C58CA #6C81D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#2B429D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#2B429D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B429D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B429D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B429D	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b429d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 66, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.150 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476bb',
    500: '#2b429d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b429d;
$custom-light: #7476bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b429d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.895,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41796,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B429D

secondary

#BDAC66

accent

#C148E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B429D

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

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