#2C38B9#2C38B9

#2C38B9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.199 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C38B9
RGB	rgb(44, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(235, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(235, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 40.45, -68.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 79.85, 300.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.002 -0.1993)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.199 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2069, 6.8654, 46.6241)
Luminance	0.0687 (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

#2C38B9 #B9AD2C

analogous

#2C7EB9 #2C38B9 #672CB9

triadic

#2C38B9 #B92C38 #38B92C

tetradic

#2C38B9 #B92C7E #B9AD2C #2CB967

square

#2C38B9 #B92C7E #B9AD2C #2CB967

split-complementary

#2C38B9 #B9672C #7EB92C

monochromatic

#141A56 #202988 #2C38B9 #4D59D5 #7F87E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#2C38B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#2C38B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C38B9

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C38B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C38B9	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c38b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.199 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6fcf',
    500: '#2c38b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c38b9;
$custom-light: #7c6fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c38b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.894,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42606,
    "c": 0.19931,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C38B9

secondary

#C9C278

accent

#D743E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C38B9

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

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