#2C497B#2C497B

#2C497B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.091 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C497B
RGB	rgb(44, 73, 123)
HSL	hsl(218, 47%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(218, 64%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 40.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 6.15, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 32.29, 280.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% -0.0149 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.091 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9951, 6.7300, 19.6654)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C497B #7B5E2C

analogous

#2C707B #2C497B #372C7B

triadic

#2C497B #7B2C49 #497B2C

tetradic

#2C497B #7B2C70 #7B5E2C #2C7B37

square

#2C497B #7B2C70 #7B5E2C #2C7B37

split-complementary

#2C497B #7B372C #707B2C

monochromatic

#0C1321 #1C2E4E #2C497B #3C64A8 #5D83C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#2C497B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#2C497B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C497B

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C497B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C497B	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#334D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28467A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00545C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c497b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 73, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.091 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7ba1',
    500: '#2c497b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c497b;
$custom-light: #6d7ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c497b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.975,
    "s": 47.305,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40862,
    "c": 0.0913,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C497B

secondary

#AB8C58

accent

#A651D7

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEDF2

border

#C7C8CC

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C497B

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

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