#2C429B#2C429B

#2C429B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.147 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C429B
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 155)
HSL	hsl(228, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(228, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 57.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 23.00, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 56.07, 294.22°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% -0.0035 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.147 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9013, 6.7976, 31.8469)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C429B #9B852C

analogous

#2C7A9B #2C429B #4E2C9B

triadic

#2C429B #9B2C42 #429B2C

tetradic

#2C429B #9B2C7A #9B852C #2C9B4E

square

#2C429B #9B2C7A #9B852C #2C9B4E

split-complementary

#2C429B #9B4E2C #7A9B2C

monochromatic

#11193C #1E2E6B #2C429B #3C58C8 #6C81D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#2C429B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#2C429B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C429B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C429B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C429B	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c429b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.147 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476b9',
    500: '#2c429b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c429b;
$custom-light: #7476b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c429b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.108,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41681,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C429B

secondary

#BCAB67

accent

#C149DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C429B

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

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