#2B449B#2B449B

#2B449B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B449B
RGB	rgb(43, 68, 155)
HSL	hsl(227, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(227, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 56.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, 21.51, -50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 54.74, 293.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% -0.0061 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.145 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9777, 7.0135, 31.8846)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B449B #9B822B

analogous

#2B7C9B #2B449B #4A2B9B

triadic

#2B449B #9B2B44 #449B2B

tetradic

#2B449B #9B2B7C #9B822B #2B9B4A

square

#2B449B #9B2B7C #9B822B #2B9B4A

split-complementary

#2B449B #9B4A2B #7C9B2B

monochromatic

#101A3B #1E2F6B #2B449B #3B5AC9 #6B83D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#2B449B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#2B449B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B449B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B449B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B449B	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b449b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 68, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7477b9',
    500: '#2b449b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b449b;
$custom-light: #7477b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b449b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.607,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42039,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B449B

secondary

#BCA965

accent

#BE48E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B449B

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

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