#2B599A#2B599A

#2B599A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.117 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B599A
RGB	rgb(43, 89, 154)
HSL	hsl(215, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(215, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 42.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, 7.14, -40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 40.73, 280.10°)
OKLab	oklab(46.6% -0.0254 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(46.6% 0.117 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3993, 9.9903, 31.9459)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B599A #9A6C2B

analogous

#2B909A #2B599A #342B9A

triadic

#2B599A #9A2B59 #599A2B

tetradic

#2B599A #9A2B90 #9A6C2B #2B9A34

square

#2B599A #9A2B90 #9A6C2B #2B9A34

split-complementary

#2B599A #9A342B #909A2B

monochromatic

#10223A #1E3D6A #2B599A #3A75C8 #6A97D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#2B599A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#2B599A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B599A

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B599A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B599A	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A5F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#285499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b599a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 89, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.117 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7287b8',
    500: '#2b599a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b599a;
$custom-light: #7287b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b599a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.135,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46597,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B599A

secondary

#BC9865

accent

#A148E0

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B599A

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

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