#2B4979#2B4979

#2B4979 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.089 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4979
RGB	rgb(43, 73, 121)
HSL	hsl(217, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 39.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 5.20, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 31.16, 279.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% -0.0163 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.089 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8288, 6.6585, 19.0108)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4979 #795B2B

analogous

#2B7079 #2B4979 #342B79

triadic

#2B4979 #792B49 #49792B

tetradic

#2B4979 #792B70 #795B2B #2B7934

square

#2B4979 #792B70 #795B2B #2B7934

split-complementary

#2B4979 #79342B #70792B

monochromatic

#0B131F #1B2E4C #2B4979 #3B64A6 #5A83C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#2B4979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#2B4979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4979

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4979	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#344D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 73, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.089 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7ba0',
    500: '#2b4979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4979;
$custom-light: #6c7ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 47.561,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4068,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4979

secondary

#AA8A56

accent

#A351D7

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEDF2

border

#C7C8CC

text

#07090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4979

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

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