#2B499C#2B499C

#2B499C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.140 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B499C
RGB	rgb(43, 73, 156)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(224, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 53.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 18.53, -48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 51.98, 290.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% -0.0103 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.14 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3775, 7.6780, 32.4338)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B499C #9C7E2B

analogous

#2B829C #2B499C #462B9C

triadic

#2B499C #9C2B49 #499C2B

tetradic

#2B499C #9C2B82 #9C7E2B #2B9C46

square

#2B499C #9C2B82 #9C7E2B #2B9C46

split-complementary

#2B499C #9C462B #829C2B

monochromatic

#111C3C #1E336C #2B499C #3B61C9 #6B88D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#2B499C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#2B499C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B499C

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B499C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B499C	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11549F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b499c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 73, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.140 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747bba',
    500: '#2b499c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b499c;
$custom-light: #747bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b499c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.071,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4317,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B499C

secondary

#BDA666

accent

#B848E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B499C

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

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