#2B4A72#2B4A72

#2B4A72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.077 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4A72
RGB	rgb(43, 74, 114)
HSL	hsl(214, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 35.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 1.95, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 26.53, 274.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% -0.0194 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.077 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4812, 6.6255, 16.8536)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4A72 #72532B

analogous

#2B6D72 #2B4A72 #2F2B72

triadic

#2B4A72 #722B4A #4A722B

tetradic

#2B4A72 #722B6D #72532B #2B722F

square

#2B4A72 #722B6D #72532B #2B722F

split-complementary

#2B4A72 #722F2B #6D722B

monochromatic

#091019 #1A2D46 #2B4A72 #3C679E #5885C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#2B4A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#2B4A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4A72

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4A72	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 74, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.077 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7c9b',
    500: '#2b4a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4a72;
$custom-light: #6b7c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.803,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40492,
    "c": 0.07725,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4A72

secondary

#A48155

accent

#9C53D5

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEEF2

border

#C7C9CC

text

#07090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4A72

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

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