#2C4E80#2C4E80

#2C4E80 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.093 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C4E80
RGB	rgb(44, 78, 128)
HSL	hsl(216, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 39.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 4.70, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 32.25, 278.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% -0.0193 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.093 258)
XYZ	xyz(7.6580, 7.5420, 21.4701)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C4E80 #805E2C

analogous

#2C7880 #2C4E80 #342C80

triadic

#2C4E80 #802C4E #4E802C

tetradic

#2C4E80 #802C78 #805E2C #2C8034

square

#2C4E80 #802C78 #805E2C #2C8034

split-complementary

#2C4E80 #80342C #78802C

monochromatic

#0D1625 #1C3252 #2C4E80 #3C6AAE #5F89C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#2C4E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#2C4E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C4E80

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C4E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C4E80	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c4e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 78, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.093 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7fa5',
    500: '#2c4e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c4e80;
$custom-light: #6e7fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c4e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.714,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42374,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.07543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C4E80

secondary

#AE8C5A

accent

#A14FD8

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C4E80

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

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