#2C4E8B#2C4E8B

#2C4E8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.109 H 261.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C4E8B
RGB	rgb(44, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(219, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(219, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 8.84, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 38.66, 283.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% -0.0168 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.109 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4216, 7.8475, 25.4920)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C4E8B #8B692C

analogous

#2C7D8B #2C4E8B #392C8B

triadic

#2C4E8B #8B2C4E #4E8B2C

tetradic

#2C4E8B #8B2C7D #8B692C #2C8B39

square

#2C4E8B #8B2C7D #8B692C #2C8B39

split-complementary

#2C4E8B #8B392C #7D8B2C

monochromatic

#0F1A2E #1D345D #2C4E8B #3B68B9 #648ACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#2C4E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#2C4E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C4E8B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C4E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C4E8B	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31548D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c4e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.109 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707fad',
    500: '#2c4e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c4e8b;
$custom-light: #707fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c4e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.526,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43092,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C4E8B

secondary

#B4965F

accent

#A84CDB

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C4E8B

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

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