#2B499D#2B499D

#2B499D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.141 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B499D
RGB	rgb(43, 73, 157)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(224, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 53.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.38, 18.91, -49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.38, 52.57, 291.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% -0.0102 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.141 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4625, 7.7120, 32.8816)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B499D #9D7F2B

analogous

#2B829D #2B499D #462B9D

triadic

#2B499D #9D2B49 #499D2B

tetradic

#2B499D #9D2B82 #9D7F2B #2B9D46

square

#2B499D #9D2B82 #9D7F2B #2B9D46

split-complementary

#2B499D #9D462B #829D2B

monochromatic

#111C3D #1E336D #2B499D #3C61CA #6C88D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#2B499D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#2B499D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B499D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B499D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B499D	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F54A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b499d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 73, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.141 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747bbb',
    500: '#2b499d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b499d;
$custom-light: #747bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b499d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.211,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43248,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B499D

secondary

#BDA766

accent

#B848E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B499D

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

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