#2B4AAE#2B4AAE

#2B4AAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.164 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4AAE
RGB	rgb(43, 74, 174)
HSL	hsl(226, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(226, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 57.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 24.72, -56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 61.86, 293.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% -0.0098 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.164 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0823, 8.4659, 41.0862)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4AAE #AE8F2B

analogous

#2B8BAE #2B4AAE #4E2BAE

triadic

#2B4AAE #AE2B4A #4AAE2B

tetradic

#2B4AAE #AE2B8B #AE8F2B #2BAE4E

square

#2B4AAE #AE2B8B #AE8F2B #2BAE4E

split-complementary

#2B4AAE #AE4E2B #8BAE2B

monochromatic

#13204C #1F357D #2B4AAE #4566D1 #768FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#2B4AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#2B4AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4AAE

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4AAE	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 74, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.164 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#787cc7',
    500: '#2b4aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4aae;
$custom-light: #787cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.802,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44829,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4AAE

secondary

#C5B170

accent

#BE44E4

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4AAE

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

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