#2C497E#2C497E

#2C497E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.096 H 261.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C497E
RGB	rgb(44, 73, 126)
HSL	hsl(219, 48%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(219, 65%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 42.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 7.28, -33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 34.07, 282.33°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% -0.0142 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.096 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1858, 6.8063, 20.6697)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C497E #7E612C

analogous

#2C727E #2C497E #382C7E

triadic

#2C497E #7E2C49 #497E2C

tetradic

#2C497E #7E2C72 #7E612C #2C7E38

square

#2C497E #7E2C72 #7E612C #2C7E38

split-complementary

#2C497E #7E382C #727E2C

monochromatic

#0C1423 #1C2F51 #2C497E #3C63AB #5E83C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#2C497E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#2C497E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C497E

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C497E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C497E	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#314E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c497e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 73, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.096 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7ba4',
    500: '#2c497e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c497e;
$custom-light: #6e7ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c497e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.78,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41057,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C497E

secondary

#AD8F59

accent

#A850D8

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#08090F

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C497E

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

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