#2C237E#2C237E

#2C237E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.146 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C237E
RGB	rgb(44, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(246, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(246, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.99, 32.81, -50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.99, 59.85, 303.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.29% 0.0237 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(33.29% 0.146 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4044, 3.2435, 20.0759)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C237E #757E23

analogous

#23487E #2C237E #5A237E

triadic

#2C237E #7E2C23 #237E2C

tetradic

#2C237E #7E2348 #757E23 #237E5A

square

#2C237E #7E2348 #757E23 #237E5A

split-complementary

#2C237E #7E5A23 #487E23

monochromatic

#0B081E #1B164E #2C237E #3D30AE #5A4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#2C237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#2C237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C237E

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C237E	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.146 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#705fa4',
    500: '#2c237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c237e;
$custom-light: #705fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.934,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33294,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C237E

secondary

#A7B04C

accent

#E048D1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C237E

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

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