#2B42B5#2B42B5

#2B42B5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.183 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B42B5
RGB	rgb(43, 66, 181)
HSL	hsl(230, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(230, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 63.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 32.60, -63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 71.19, 297.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.9% -0.0043 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(43.9% 0.183 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2821, 7.7450, 44.6074)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B42B5 #B59E2B

analogous

#2B87B5 #2B42B5 #592BB5

triadic

#2B42B5 #B52B42 #42B52B

tetradic

#2B42B5 #B52B87 #B59E2B #2BB559

square

#2B42B5 #B52B87 #B59E2B #2BB559

split-complementary

#2B42B5 #B5592B #87B52B

monochromatic

#141E52 #1F3084 #2B42B5 #4960D4 #7B8CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#2B42B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#2B42B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B42B5

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B42B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B42B5	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b42b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 66, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.183 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a76cc',
    500: '#2b42b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b42b5;
$custom-light: #7a76cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b42b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43901,
    "c": 0.18306,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B42B5

secondary

#C8BA74

accent

#CA43E5

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B42B5

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

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