#2B4596#2B4596

#2B4596 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.137 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4596
RGB	rgb(43, 69, 150)
HSL	hsl(225, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(225, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 54%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 18.93, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 51.09, 291.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% -0.0073 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.137 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6275, 6.9710, 29.7391)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4596 #967C2B

analogous

#2B7A96 #2B4596 #472B96

triadic

#2B4596 #962B45 #45962B

tetradic

#2B4596 #962B7A #967C2B #2B9647

square

#2B4596 #962B7A #967C2B #2B9647

split-complementary

#2B4596 #96472B #7A962B

monochromatic

#101937 #1D2F66 #2B4596 #395BC6 #6882D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#2B4596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#2B4596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4596

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4596	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C5099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 69, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.137 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7278b5',
    500: '#2b4596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4596;
$custom-light: #7278b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.421,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41848,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4596

secondary

#BAA563

accent

#BA49DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4596

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

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