#2B5EAE#2B5EAE

#2B5EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.139 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5EAE
RGB	rgb(43, 94, 174)
HSL	hsl(217, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(217, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 46%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, 11.52, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 49.04, 283.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.09% -0.0261 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(49.09% 0.139 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6362, 11.5736, 41.6042)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5EAE #AE7B2B

analogous

#2BA0AE #2B5EAE #392BAE

triadic

#2B5EAE #AE2B5E #5EAE2B

tetradic

#2B5EAE #AE2BA0 #AE7B2B #2BAE39

square

#2B5EAE #AE2BA0 #AE7B2B #2BAE39

split-complementary

#2B5EAE #AE392B #A0AE2B

monochromatic

#13294C #1F437D #2B5EAE #457CD1 #769EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#2B5EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#2B5EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5EAE

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5EAE	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3466B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#175AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00717D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 94, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.139 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#778bc7',
    500: '#2b5eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5eae;
$custom-light: #778bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.641,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49087,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5EAE

secondary

#C5A470

accent

#A644E4

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5EAE

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

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