#2B4EAE#2B4EAE

#2B4EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.159 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4EAE
RGB	rgb(43, 78, 174)
HSL	hsl(224, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(224, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 55.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.02, 22.06, -54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.02, 59.21, 291.88°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% -0.0129 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.159 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3579, 9.0171, 41.1781)
Luminance	0.0902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4EAE #AE8B2B

analogous

#2B90AE #2B4EAE #492BAE

triadic

#2B4EAE #AE2B4E #4EAE2B

tetradic

#2B4EAE #AE2B90 #AE8B2B #2BAE49

square

#2B4EAE #AE2B90 #AE8B2B #2BAE49

split-complementary

#2B4EAE #AE492B #90AE2B

monochromatic

#13224C #1F387D #2B4EAE #456BD1 #7692DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#2B4EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#2B4EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4EAE

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4EAE	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 78, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.159 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777fc7',
    500: '#2b4eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4eae;
$custom-light: #777fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.969,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45643,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4EAE

secondary

#C5AE70

accent

#B944E4

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4EAE

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

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