#2C499B#2C499B

#2C499B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.138 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C499B
RGB	rgb(44, 73, 155)
HSL	hsl(224, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(224, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, 18.29, -48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 51.37, 290.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% -0.0095 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.138 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3356, 7.6662, 31.9917)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C499B #9B7E2C

analogous

#2C819B #2C499B #472C9B

triadic

#2C499B #9B2C49 #499B2C

tetradic

#2C499B #9B2C81 #9B7E2C #2C9B47

square

#2C499B #9B2C81 #9B7E2C #2C9B47

split-complementary

#2C499B #9B472C #819B2C

monochromatic

#111C3C #1E336B #2C499B #3C61C8 #6C88D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#2C499B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#2C499B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C499B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C499B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C499B	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14549E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c499b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 73, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.138 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747bb9',
    500: '#2c499b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c499b;
$custom-light: #747bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c499b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.324,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4314,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C499B

secondary

#BCA667

accent

#B849DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C499B

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

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