#2B4EA6#2B4EA6

#2B4EA6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.148 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4EA6
RGB	rgb(43, 78, 166)
HSL	hsl(223, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(223, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 53%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.43, 19.01, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.43, 54.55, 290.39°)
OKLab	oklab(45.01% -0.0135 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(45.01% 0.148 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6012, 8.7144, 37.1923)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4EA6 #A6832B

analogous

#2B8BA6 #2B4EA6 #452BA6

triadic

#2B4EA6 #A62B4E #4EA62B

tetradic

#2B4EA6 #A62B8B #A6832B #2BA645

square

#2B4EA6 #A62B8B #A6832B #2BA645

split-complementary

#2B4EA6 #A6452B #8BA62B

monochromatic

#122045 #1E3775 #2B4EA6 #4169CE #718FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#2B4EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#2B4EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4EA6

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4EA6	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1159A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 78, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.148 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757fc1',
    500: '#2b4ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4ea6;
$custom-light: #757fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.927,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45011,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4EA6

secondary

#C1A96B

accent

#B646E2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4EA6

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

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