#2B438B#2B438B

#2B438B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.123 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B438B
RGB	rgb(43, 67, 139)
HSL	hsl(225, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(225, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 51.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 16.08, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 45.83, 290.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% -0.0066 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.123 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6620, 6.3912, 25.2509)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B438B #8B732B

analogous

#2B738B #2B438B #432B8B

triadic

#2B438B #8B2B43 #438B2B

tetradic

#2B438B #8B2B73 #8B732B #2B8B43

square

#2B438B #8B2B73 #8B732B #2B8B43

split-complementary

#2B438B #8B432B #738B2B

monochromatic

#0E162E #1D2C5C #2B438B #395ABA #627DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#2B438B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#2B438B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B438B

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B438B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B438B	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b438b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 67, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.123 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7076ad',
    500: '#2b438b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b438b;
$custom-light: #7076ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b438b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40563,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B438B

secondary

#B59F5D

accent

#B84CDC

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B438B

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

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