#2B4A97#2B4A97

#2B4A97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.132 H 264.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4A97
RGB	rgb(43, 74, 151)
HSL	hsl(223, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(223, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 51%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 15.94, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 48.35, 289.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43% -0.0117 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.132 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0290, 7.6446, 30.2719)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4A97 #97782B

analogous

#2B8097 #2B4A97 #422B97

triadic

#2B4A97 #972B4A #4A972B

tetradic

#2B4A97 #972B80 #97782B #2B9742

square

#2B4A97 #972B80 #97782B #2B9742

split-complementary

#2B4A97 #97422B #80972B

monochromatic

#101B38 #1D3367 #2B4A97 #3961C7 #6887D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#2B4A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#2B4A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4A97

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4A97	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D539A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 74, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.132 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727cb6',
    500: '#2b4a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4a97;
$custom-light: #727cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.778,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43002,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4A97

secondary

#BBA263

accent

#B449DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4A97

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →