#2B5FAD#2B5FAD

#2B5FAD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.137 H 258.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5FAD
RGB	rgb(43, 95, 173)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(216, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 45.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, 10.49, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 47.87, 282.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.24% -0.0271 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(49.24% 0.137 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6285, 11.7137, 41.1225)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5FAD #AD792B

analogous

#2BA0AD #2B5FAD #382BAD

triadic

#2B5FAD #AD2B5F #5FAD2B

tetradic

#2B5FAD #AD2BA0 #AD792B #2BAD38

square

#2B5FAD #AD2BA0 #AD792B #2BAD38

split-complementary

#2B5FAD #AD382B #A0AD2B

monochromatic

#13294B #1F447C #2B5FAD #457DD1 #769FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#2B5FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#2B5FAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5FAD

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5FAD	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3766B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D5BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00717D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 95, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.137 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#768bc6',
    500: '#2b5fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5fad;
$custom-light: #768bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49242,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5FAD

secondary

#C4A26F

accent

#A444E3

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0C13

muted

#7C7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5FAD

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

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