#2C438C#2C438C

#2C438C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.124 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C438C
RGB	rgb(44, 67, 140)
HSL	hsl(226, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 52.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 16.63, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 46.41, 291.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% -0.0055 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.124 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7779, 6.4425, 25.6395)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C438C #8C752C

analogous

#2C738C #2C438C #452C8C

triadic

#2C438C #8C2C43 #438C2C

tetradic

#2C438C #8C2C73 #8C752C #2C8C45

square

#2C438C #8C2C73 #8C752C #2C8C45

split-complementary

#2C438C #8C452C #738C2C

monochromatic

#0F162F #1D2D5D #2C438C #3B59BB #647ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#2C438C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2C438C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C438C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C438C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C438C	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c438c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 67, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.124 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7176ae',
    500: '#2c438c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c438c;
$custom-light: #7176ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c438c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.625,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40694,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C438C

secondary

#B5A05F

accent

#B94CDC

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C438C

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

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