#2B4E98#2B4E98

#2B4E98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.128 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4E98
RGB	rgb(43, 78, 152)
HSL	hsl(221, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 48.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.45, 13.64, -44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.45, 46.34, 287.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% -0.0153 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.128 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3861, 8.2284, 30.7933)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4E98 #98752B

analogous

#2B8498 #2B4E98 #3E2B98

triadic

#2B4E98 #982B4E #4E982B

tetradic

#2B4E98 #982B84 #98752B #2B983E

square

#2B4E98 #982B84 #98752B #2B983E

split-complementary

#2B4E98 #983E2B #84982B

monochromatic

#101D39 #1E3668 #2B4E98 #3967C7 #698BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#2B4E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#2B4E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4E98

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4E98	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26569B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#094C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 78, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.128 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727fb7',
    500: '#2b4e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4e98;
$custom-light: #727fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.734,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43957,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4E98

secondary

#BB9F64

accent

#AF49DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4E98

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

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