#2C4E81#2C4E81

#2C4E81 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.094 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C4E81
RGB	rgb(44, 78, 129)
HSL	hsl(216, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 39.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 5.08, -32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 32.83, 278.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% -0.0191 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.094 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7241, 7.5685, 21.8184)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C4E81 #815F2C

analogous

#2C7981 #2C4E81 #352C81

triadic

#2C4E81 #812C4E #4E812C

tetradic

#2C4E81 #812C79 #815F2C #2C8135

square

#2C4E81 #812C79 #815F2C #2C8135

split-complementary

#2C4E81 #81352C #79812C

monochromatic

#0D1726 #1C3253 #2C4E81 #3C6AAF #5F89C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#2C4E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#2C4E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C4E81

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C4E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C4E81	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c4e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 78, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.094 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7fa6',
    500: '#2c4e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c4e81;
$custom-light: #6e7fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c4e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 49.133,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42437,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C4E81

secondary

#AF8D5A

accent

#A24FD9

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C4E81

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

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