#2C45AD#2C45AD

#2C45AD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.168 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C45AD
RGB	rgb(44, 69, 173)
HSL	hsl(228, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(228, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 60.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 27.78, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 64.59, 295.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% -0.0053 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.168 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7070, 7.8077, 40.4698)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C45AD #AD942C

analogous

#2C86AD #2C45AD #532CAD

triadic

#2C45AD #AD2C45 #45AD2C

tetradic

#2C45AD #AD2C86 #AD942C #2CAD53

square

#2C45AD #AD2C86 #AD942C #2CAD53

split-complementary

#2C45AD #AD532C #86AD2C

monochromatic

#131E4B #20327C #2C45AD #4661D0 #778BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#2C45AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#2C45AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C45AD

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C45AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C45AD	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c45ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 69, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.168 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7878c6',
    500: '#2c45ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c45ad;
$custom-light: #7878c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c45ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.372,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43803,
    "c": 0.16846,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C45AD

secondary

#C4B471

accent

#C445E3

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C45AD

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

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