#2B429E#2B429E

#2B429E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.152 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B429E
RGB	rgb(43, 66, 158)
HSL	hsl(228, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(228, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 58.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 24.00, -52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 57.87, 294.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% -0.0043 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.152 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1139, 6.8777, 33.1883)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B429E #9E872B

analogous

#2B7C9E #2B429E #4E2B9E

triadic

#2B429E #9E2B42 #429E2B

tetradic

#2B429E #9E2B7C #9E872B #2B9E4E

square

#2B429E #9E2B7C #9E872B #2B9E4E

split-complementary

#2B429E #9E4E2B #7C9E2B

monochromatic

#111A3E #1E2E6E #2B429E #3C59CA #6C82D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#2B429E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#2B429E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B429E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B429E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B429E	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b429e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 66, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.152 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476bb',
    500: '#2b429e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b429e;
$custom-light: #7476bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b429e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4188,
    "c": 0.15187,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B429E

secondary

#BEAC67

accent

#C247E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B429E

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

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