#2B4CA5#2B4CA5

#2B4CA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.149 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4CA5
RGB	rgb(43, 76, 165)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(224, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 53.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, 19.96, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 55.29, 291.16°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% -0.012 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.149 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3698, 8.3980, 36.6645)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4CA5 #A5842B

analogous

#2B89A5 #2B4CA5 #472BA5

triadic

#2B4CA5 #A52B4C #4CA52B

tetradic

#2B4CA5 #A52B89 #A5842B #2BA547

square

#2B4CA5 #A52B89 #A5842B #2BA547

split-complementary

#2B4CA5 #A5472B #89A52B

monochromatic

#121F44 #1E3674 #2B4CA5 #4066CD #718DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#2B4CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#2B4CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4CA5

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4CA5	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0958A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 76, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.149 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757dc0',
    500: '#2b4ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4ca5;
$custom-light: #757dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.77,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4451,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4CA5

secondary

#C1AA6B

accent

#B846E2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4CA5

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

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