#2B4CA9#2B4CA9

#2B4CA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.154 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4CA9
RGB	rgb(43, 76, 169)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(224, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 55%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, 21.49, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 57.62, 291.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% -0.0117 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.154 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7396, 8.5459, 38.6119)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4CA9 #A9882B

analogous

#2B8BA9 #2B4CA9 #492BA9

triadic

#2B4CA9 #A92B4C #4CA92B

tetradic

#2B4CA9 #A92B8B #A9882B #2BA949

square

#2B4CA9 #A92B8B #A9882B #2BA949

split-complementary

#2B4CA9 #A9492B #8BA92B

monochromatic

#122047 #1F3678 #2B4CA9 #4267CF #738EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#2B4CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#2B4CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4CA9

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4CA9	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 76, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.154 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767dc3',
    500: '#2b4ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4ca9;
$custom-light: #767dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.286,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44828,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4CA9

secondary

#C3AC6D

accent

#B945E3

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4CA9

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

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