#2C44AE#2C44AE

#2C44AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.171 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C44AE
RGB	rgb(44, 68, 174)
HSL	hsl(229, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(229, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 60.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 28.81, -59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 65.84, 295.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% -0.0046 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.171 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7432, 7.7246, 40.9610)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C44AE #AE962C

analogous

#2C85AE #2C44AE #552CAE

triadic

#2C44AE #AE2C44 #44AE2C

tetradic

#2C44AE #AE2C85 #AE962C #2CAE55

square

#2C44AE #AE2C85 #AE962C #2CAE55

split-complementary

#2C44AE #AE552C #85AE2C

monochromatic

#131E4C #20317D #2C44AE #4760D0 #788ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#2C44AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#2C44AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C44AE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C44AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C44AE	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c44ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 68, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.171 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7877c7',
    500: '#2c44ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c44ae;
$custom-light: #7877c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c44ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43697,
    "c": 0.17104,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C44AE

secondary

#C5B571

accent

#C645E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C44AE

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

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