#2B5CA9#2B5CA9

#2B5CA9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.135 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5CA9
RGB	rgb(43, 92, 169)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(217, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 45.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.63, 10.91, -46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.63, 47.42, 283.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% -0.0252 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.135 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9822, 11.0311, 39.0261)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5CA9 #A9782B

analogous

#2B9BA9 #2B5CA9 #392BA9

triadic

#2B5CA9 #A92B5C #5CA92B

tetradic

#2B5CA9 #A92B9B #A9782B #2BA939

square

#2B5CA9 #A92B9B #A9782B #2BA939

split-complementary

#2B5CA9 #A9392B #9BA92B

monochromatic

#122747 #1F4178 #2B5CA9 #4279CF #739CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#2B5CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#2B5CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5CA9

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5CA9	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3564AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A58A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 92, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.135 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7689c3',
    500: '#2b5ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5ca9;
$custom-light: #7689c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48293,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5CA9

secondary

#C3A16D

accent

#A545E3

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0B12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5CA9

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

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