#2B499F#2B499F

#2B499F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.144 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B499F
RGB	rgb(43, 73, 159)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(224, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 54.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 19.67, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 53.75, 291.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% -0.01 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.144 266)
XYZ	xyz(9.6346, 7.7809, 33.7883)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B499F #9F812B

analogous

#2B839F #2B499F #472B9F

triadic

#2B499F #9F2B49 #499F2B

tetradic

#2B499F #9F2B83 #9F812B #2B9F47

square

#2B499F #9F2B83 #9F812B #2B9F47

split-complementary

#2B499F #9F472B #839F2B

monochromatic

#111D3F #1E336F #2B499F #3D61CA #6D88D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#2B499F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#2B499F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B499F

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B499F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B499F	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0954A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b499f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 73, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.144 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747bbc',
    500: '#2b499f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b499f;
$custom-light: #747bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b499f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.483,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43405,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.07782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B499F

secondary

#BEA867

accent

#B947E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B499F

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

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