#2B4498#2B4498

#2B4498 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.141 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4498
RGB	rgb(43, 68, 152)
HSL	hsl(226, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(226, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 55.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 20.37, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 52.95, 292.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% -0.0063 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.141 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7289, 6.9139, 30.5742)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4498 #987F2B

analogous

#2B7A98 #2B4498 #492B98

triadic

#2B4498 #982B44 #44982B

tetradic

#2B4498 #982B7A #987F2B #2B9849

square

#2B4498 #982B7A #987F2B #2B9849

split-complementary

#2B4498 #98492B #7A982B

monochromatic

#101939 #1E2F68 #2B4498 #395AC7 #6982D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#2B4498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#2B4498 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4498

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4498	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01509B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 68, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.141 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7377b7',
    500: '#2b4498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4498;
$custom-light: #7377b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.239,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41796,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4498

secondary

#BBA764

accent

#BD49DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4498

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

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