#2B499A#2B499A

#2B499A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.137 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B499A
RGB	rgb(43, 73, 154)
HSL	hsl(224, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(224, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 52.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 17.76, -47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 50.79, 290.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% -0.0105 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.137 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2095, 7.6108, 31.5493)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B499A #9A7C2B

analogous

#2B809A #2B499A #442B9A

triadic

#2B499A #9A2B49 #499A2B

tetradic

#2B499A #9A2B80 #9A7C2B #2B9A44

square

#2B499A #9A2B80 #9A7C2B #2B9A44

split-complementary

#2B499A #9A442B #809A2B

monochromatic

#101C3A #1E326A #2B499A #3A61C8 #6A87D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#2B499A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#2B499A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B499A

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B499A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B499A	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15539D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b499a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 73, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.137 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bb8',
    500: '#2b499a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b499a;
$custom-light: #737bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b499a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.784,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43014,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B499A

secondary

#BCA465

accent

#B748E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B499A

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

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