#2B4AAD#2B4AAD

#2B4AAD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.163 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4AAD
RGB	rgb(43, 74, 173)
HSL	hsl(226, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(226, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 57.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, 24.34, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 61.28, 293.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% -0.0099 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.163 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9852, 8.4271, 40.5747)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4AAD #AD8E2B

analogous

#2B8BAD #2B4AAD #4D2BAD

triadic

#2B4AAD #AD2B4A #4AAD2B

tetradic

#2B4AAD #AD2B8B #AD8E2B #2BAD4D

square

#2B4AAD #AD2B8B #AD8E2B #2BAD4D

split-complementary

#2B4AAD #AD4D2B #8BAD2B

monochromatic

#13204B #1F357C #2B4AAD #4566D1 #768EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#2B4AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#2B4AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4AAD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4AAD	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 74, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.163 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777cc6',
    500: '#2b4aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4aad;
$custom-light: #777cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.692,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44746,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4AAD

secondary

#C4B06F

accent

#BD44E3

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4AAD

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

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