#2B5BAC#2B5BAC

#2B5BAC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.140 H 260.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5BAC
RGB	rgb(43, 91, 172)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(218, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 47.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.53, 12.71, -48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.53, 49.73, 284.81°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% -0.0238 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.14 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1810, 10.9730, 40.4977)
Luminance	0.1097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5BAC #AC7C2B

analogous

#2B9CAC #2B5BAC #3B2BAC

triadic

#2B5BAC #AC2B5B #5BAC2B

tetradic

#2B5BAC #AC2B9C #AC7C2B #2BAC3B

square

#2B5BAC #AC2B9C #AC7C2B #2BAC3B

split-complementary

#2B5BAC #AC3B2B #9CAC2B

monochromatic

#13274A #1F417B #2B5BAC #4478D0 #759BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#2B5BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#2B5BAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5BAC

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5BAC	1.00	6.57	3.19	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3063AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F58AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 91, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.140 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7688c5',
    500: '#2b5bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5bac;
$custom-light: #7688c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.674,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48279,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5BAC

secondary

#C4A46F

accent

#A845E3

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF8

border

#C9CAD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5BAC

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

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