#2B5197#2B5197

#2B5197 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.123 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5197
RGB	rgb(43, 81, 151)
HSL	hsl(219, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(219, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 46.4%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.27, 11.25, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.27, 43.85, 284.87°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% -0.0183 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.123 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5226, 8.6318, 30.4364)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5197 #97712B

analogous

#2B8797 #2B5197 #3B2B97

triadic

#2B5197 #972B51 #51972B

tetradic

#2B5197 #972B87 #97712B #2B973B

square

#2B5197 #972B87 #97712B #2B973B

split-complementary

#2B5197 #973B2B #87972B

monochromatic

#101E38 #1D3767 #2B5197 #396BC7 #688ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#2B5197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#2B5197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5197

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5197	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E589A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 81, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.123 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7281b6',
    500: '#2b5197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5197;
$custom-light: #7281b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.889,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44559,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5197

secondary

#BB9C63

accent

#AA49DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5197

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

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