#2C38AC#2C38AC

#2C38AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.183 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C38AC
RGB	rgb(44, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(234, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(234, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 35.84, -63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 72.62, 299.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0.0033 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.183 271)
XYZ	xyz(9.8967, 6.3413, 39.7241)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C38AC #ACA02C

analogous

#2C78AC #2C38AC #602CAC

triadic

#2C38AC #AC2C38 #38AC2C

tetradic

#2C38AC #AC2C78 #ACA02C #2CAC60

square

#2C38AC #AC2C78 #ACA02C #2CAC60

split-complementary

#2C38AC #AC602C #78AC2C

monochromatic

#13184B #20287B #2C38AC #4653D0 #7680DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#2C38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#2C38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C38AC

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C38AC	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.183 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796fc6',
    500: '#2c38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c38ac;
$custom-light: #796fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.375,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41331,
    "c": 0.18269,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.06342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C38AC

secondary

#C4BC70

accent

#D445E2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C38AC

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

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