#2C438E#2C438E

#2C438E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.127 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C438E
RGB	rgb(44, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(226, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 17.39, -44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 47.62, 291.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% -0.0053 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.127 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9267, 6.5020, 26.4232)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C438E #8E772C

analogous

#2C748E #2C438E #462C8E

triadic

#2C438E #8E2C43 #438E2C

tetradic

#2C438E #8E2C74 #8E772C #2C8E46

square

#2C438E #8E2C74 #8E772C #2C8E46

split-complementary

#2C438E #8E462C #748E2C

monochromatic

#0F1731 #1E2D5F #2C438E #3A59BD #657ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#2C438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#2C438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C438E

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C438E	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.127 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7176b0',
    500: '#2c438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c438e;
$custom-light: #7176b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.918,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40847,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C438E

secondary

#B6A260

accent

#BA4CDC

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C438E

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

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