#2C408E#2C408E

#2C408E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.131 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C408E
RGB	rgb(44, 64, 142)
HSL	hsl(228, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(228, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 54.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.80, 19.43, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.80, 49.66, 293.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% -0.0024 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.131 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7529, 6.1545, 26.3653)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C408E #8E7A2C

analogous

#2C718E #2C408E #492C8E

triadic

#2C408E #8E2C40 #408E2C

tetradic

#2C408E #8E2C71 #8E7A2C #2C8E49

square

#2C408E #8E2C71 #8E7A2C #2C8E49

split-complementary

#2C408E #8E492C #718E2C

monochromatic

#0F1631 #1E2B5F #2C408E #3A55BD #657BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#2C408E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#2C408E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C408E

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C408E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C408E	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#084B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c408e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 64, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.131 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7174b0',
    500: '#2c408e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c408e;
$custom-light: #7174b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c408e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.755,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40208,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C408E

secondary

#B6A460

accent

#BF4CDC

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C408E

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

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