#2B5FAE#2B5FAE

#2B5FAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.138 H 258.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5FAE
RGB	rgb(43, 95, 174)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(216, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 45.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 10.88, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 48.44, 282.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% -0.0269 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.138 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7257, 11.7526, 41.6340)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5FAE #AE7A2B

analogous

#2BA1AE #2B5FAE #382BAE

triadic

#2B5FAE #AE2B5F #5FAE2B

tetradic

#2B5FAE #AE2BA1 #AE7A2B #2BAE38

square

#2B5FAE #AE2BA1 #AE7A2B #2BAE38

split-complementary

#2B5FAE #AE382B #A1AE2B

monochromatic

#13294C #1F447D #2B5FAE #457DD1 #769FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#2B5FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#2B5FAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5FAE

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5FAE	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3667B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B5BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00727E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 95, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.138 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#778bc7',
    500: '#2b5fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5fae;
$custom-light: #778bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.183,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49311,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5FAE

secondary

#C5A370

accent

#A444E4

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0C13

muted

#7C7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5FAE

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

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