#2B438A#2B438A

#2B438A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.122 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B438A
RGB	rgb(43, 67, 138)
HSL	hsl(225, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(225, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 51.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 15.70, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 45.22, 290.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% -0.0067 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.122 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5893, 6.3622, 24.8679)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B438A #8A722B

analogous

#2B728A #2B438A #422B8A

triadic

#2B438A #8A2B43 #438A2B

tetradic

#2B438A #8A2B72 #8A722B #2B8A42

square

#2B438A #8A2B72 #8A722B #2B8A42

split-complementary

#2B438A #8A422B #728A2B

monochromatic

#0E162D #1C2C5B #2B438A #3A5AB9 #617DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#2B438A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#2B438A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B438A

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B438A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B438A	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b438a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 67, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.122 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7076ad',
    500: '#2b438a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b438a;
$custom-light: #7076ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b438a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.842,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40487,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B438A

secondary

#B49E5D

accent

#B84CDC

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B438A

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

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