#2C3597#2C3597

#2C3597 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.158 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C3597
RGB	rgb(44, 53, 151)
HSL	hsl(235, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(235, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 64.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 30.17, -54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 62.53, 298.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0069 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.158 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8958, 5.3153, 29.8820)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C3597 #978E2C

analogous

#2C6A97 #2C3597 #582C97

triadic

#2C3597 #972C35 #35972C

tetradic

#2C3597 #972C6A #978E2C #2C9758

square

#2C3597 #972C6A #978E2C #2C9758

split-complementary

#2C3597 #97582C #6A972C

monochromatic

#101438 #1E2468 #2C3597 #3A46C6 #6A73D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#2C3597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#2C3597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C3597

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C3597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C3597	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c3597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 53, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.158 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#746cb6',
    500: '#2c3597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c3597;
$custom-light: #746cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c3597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.953,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38813,
    "c": 0.15829,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C3597

secondary

#BAB365

accent

#D24ADE

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C3597

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

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