#2B4497#2B4497

#2B4497 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.139 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4497
RGB	rgb(43, 68, 151)
HSL	hsl(226, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(226, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 55%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 19.99, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 52.36, 292.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% -0.0064 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.139 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6474, 6.8813, 30.1447)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4497 #977E2B

analogous

#2B7A97 #2B4497 #482B97

triadic

#2B4497 #972B44 #44972B

tetradic

#2B4497 #972B7A #977E2B #2B9748

square

#2B4497 #972B7A #977E2B #2B9748

split-complementary

#2B4497 #97482B #7A972B

monochromatic

#101938 #1D2F67 #2B4497 #395AC7 #6881D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#2B4497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#2B4497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4497

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4497	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)

#044F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 68, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.139 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7377b6',
    500: '#2b4497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4497;
$custom-light: #7377b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.111,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41716,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4497

secondary

#BBA663

accent

#BC49DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4497

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

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