#2B5CAE#2B5CAE

#2B5CAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.142 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5CAE
RGB	rgb(43, 92, 174)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(218, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 47.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.95, 12.83, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.95, 50.26, 284.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.64% -0.0243 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(48.64% 0.142 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4606, 11.2225, 41.5456)
Luminance	0.1122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5CAE #AE7D2B

analogous

#2B9EAE #2B5CAE #3B2BAE

triadic

#2B5CAE #AE2B5C #5CAE2B

tetradic

#2B5CAE #AE2B9E #AE7D2B #2BAE3B

square

#2B5CAE #AE2B9E #AE7D2B #2BAE3B

split-complementary

#2B5CAE #AE3B2B #9EAE2B

monochromatic

#13284C #1F427D #2B5CAE #4579D1 #769DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#2B5CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#2B5CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5CAE

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5CAE	1.00	6.47	3.24	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3065B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E59AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 92, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.142 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7789c7',
    500: '#2b5cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5cae;
$custom-light: #7789c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.557,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48642,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5CAE

secondary

#C5A570

accent

#A844E4

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5CAE

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

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