#2B4597#2B4597

#2B4597 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.138 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4597
RGB	rgb(43, 69, 151)
HSL	hsl(226, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(226, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 54.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 19.31, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 51.68, 291.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% -0.0072 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.138 267)
XYZ	xyz(8.7084, 7.0033, 30.1650)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4597 #977D2B

analogous

#2B7B97 #2B4597 #472B97

triadic

#2B4597 #972B45 #45972B

tetradic

#2B4597 #972B7B #977D2B #2B9747

square

#2B4597 #972B7B #977D2B #2B9747

split-complementary

#2B4597 #97472B #7B972B

monochromatic

#101938 #1D2F67 #2B4597 #395BC7 #6882D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#2B4597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#2B4597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4597

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4597	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A509A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 69, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.138 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7378b6',
    500: '#2b4597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4597;
$custom-light: #7378b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.556,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41927,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.07004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4597

secondary

#BBA663

accent

#BB49DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4597

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

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