#2B509E#2B509E

#2B509E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.134 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B509E
RGB	rgb(43, 80, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(221, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 49.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.44, 14.60, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.44, 48.57, 287.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% -0.0163 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.134 263)
XYZ	xyz(10.0343, 8.7185, 33.4951)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B509E #9E792B

analogous

#2B8A9E #2B509E #402B9E

triadic

#2B509E #9E2B50 #509E2B

tetradic

#2B509E #9E2B8A #9E792B #2B9E40

square

#2B509E #9E2B8A #9E792B #2B9E40

split-complementary

#2B509E #9E402B #8A9E2B

monochromatic

#111F3E #1E386E #2B509E #3C6ACA #6C8FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#2B509E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#2B509E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B509E

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B509E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B509E	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2559A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b509e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 80, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.134 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7480bb',
    500: '#2b509e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b509e;
$custom-light: #7480bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b509e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.696,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44839,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.0872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B509E

secondary

#BEA267

accent

#AF47E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B509E

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

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