#2B42B3#2B42B3

#2B42B3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.180 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B42B3
RGB	rgb(43, 66, 179)
HSL	hsl(230, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(230, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 63.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 31.86, -62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 70.05, 297.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% -0.0043 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.18 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0783, 7.6635, 43.5344)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B42B3 #B39C2B

analogous

#2B86B3 #2B42B3 #582BB3

triadic

#2B42B3 #B32B42 #42B32B

tetradic

#2B42B3 #B32B86 #B39C2B #2BB358

square

#2B42B3 #B32B86 #B39C2B #2BB358

split-complementary

#2B42B3 #B3582B #86B32B

monochromatic

#131E50 #1F3082 #2B42B3 #4860D3 #798BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#2B42B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#2B42B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B42B3

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B42B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B42B3	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b42b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 66, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.180 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7976cb',
    500: '#2b42b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b42b3;
$custom-light: #7976cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b42b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.853,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43719,
    "c": 0.18042,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B42B3

secondary

#C7B973

accent

#C943E4

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B42B3

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

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