#2C499A#2C499A

#2C499A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.137 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C499A
RGB	rgb(44, 73, 154)
HSL	hsl(224, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(224, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 52.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 17.91, -47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 50.77, 290.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% -0.0096 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.137 266)
XYZ	xyz(9.2519, 7.6327, 31.5513)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C499A #9A7D2C

analogous

#2C809A #2C499A #462C9A

triadic

#2C499A #9A2C49 #499A2C

tetradic

#2C499A #9A2C80 #9A7D2C #2C9A46

square

#2C499A #9A2C80 #9A7D2C #2C9A46

split-complementary

#2C499A #9A462C #809A2C

monochromatic

#111C3B #1E326A #2C499A #3C61C7 #6C87D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#2C499A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#2C499A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C499A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C499A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C499A	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16539D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c499a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 73, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.137 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bb8',
    500: '#2c499a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c499a;
$custom-light: #737bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c499a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.182,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43063,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.07634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C499A

secondary

#BCA566

accent

#B749DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C499A

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

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