#2C438D#2C438D

#2C438D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.126 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C438D
RGB	rgb(44, 67, 141)
HSL	hsl(226, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 52.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 17.01, -43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 47.01, 291.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% -0.0054 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.126 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8519, 6.4721, 26.0296)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C438D #8D762C

analogous

#2C748D #2C438D #462C8D

triadic

#2C438D #8D2C43 #438D2C

tetradic

#2C438D #8D2C74 #8D762C #2C8D46

square

#2C438D #8D2C74 #8D762C #2C8D46

split-complementary

#2C438D #8D462C #748D2C

monochromatic

#0F1730 #1D2D5E #2C438D #3B59BC #657ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#2C438D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2C438D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C438D

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C438D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C438D	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c438d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 67, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.126 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7176af',
    500: '#2c438d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c438d;
$custom-light: #7176af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c438d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.773,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4077,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C438D

secondary

#B5A160

accent

#BA4CDC

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C438D

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

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