#2B5DC8#2B5DC8

#2B5DC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.176 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5DC8
RGB	rgb(43, 93, 200)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 53.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, 22.11, -60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 64.36, 290.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% -0.0218 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.176 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3322, 12.5106, 56.2391)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5DC8 #C8962B

analogous

#2BABC8 #2B5DC8 #482BC8

triadic

#2B5DC8 #C82B5D #5DC82B

tetradic

#2B5DC8 #C82BAB #C8962B #2BC848

square

#2B5DC8 #C82BAB #C8962B #2BC848

split-complementary

#2B5DC8 #C8482B #ABC82B

monochromatic

#152E63 #204696 #2B5DC8 #5680DB #88A6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#2B5DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#2B5DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5DC8

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5DC8	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#026BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 93, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.176 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8ad9',
    500: '#2b5dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5dc8;
$custom-light: #7d8ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.892,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50787,
    "c": 0.1756,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5DC8

secondary

#CFB680

accent

#B240E8

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#EFF0FB

border

#CACBD4

text

#0B0B15

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5DC8

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

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