#2B4AA9#2B4AA9

#2B4AA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.157 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4AA9
RGB	rgb(43, 74, 169)
HSL	hsl(225, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(225, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 56.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.55, 22.82, -54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.55, 58.95, 292.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% -0.0101 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.157 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6040, 8.2746, 38.5667)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4AA9 #A98A2B

analogous

#2B89A9 #2B4AA9 #4B2BA9

triadic

#2B4AA9 #A92B4A #4AA92B

tetradic

#2B4AA9 #A92B89 #A98A2B #2BA94B

square

#2B4AA9 #A92B89 #A98A2B #2BA94B

split-complementary

#2B4AA9 #A94B2B #89A92B

monochromatic

#121F47 #1F3578 #2B4AA9 #4265CF #738DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#2B4AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#2B4AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4AA9

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4AA9	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 74, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.157 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767cc3',
    500: '#2b4aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4aa9;
$custom-light: #767cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.238,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44416,
    "c": 0.157,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4AA9

secondary

#C3AE6D

accent

#BC45E3

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4AA9

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

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