#2C4E99#2C4E99

#2C4E99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.129 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C4E99
RGB	rgb(44, 78, 153)
HSL	hsl(221, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(221, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 49%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, 14.17, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 46.90, 287.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% -0.0143 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.129 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5108, 8.2832, 31.2284)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C4E99 #99772C

analogous

#2C8499 #2C4E99 #402C99

triadic

#2C4E99 #992C4E #4E992C

tetradic

#2C4E99 #992C84 #99772C #2C9940

square

#2C4E99 #992C84 #99772C #2C9940

split-complementary

#2C4E99 #99402C #84992C

monochromatic

#111E3A #1E3669 #2C4E99 #3B67C7 #6B8CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#2C4E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#2C4E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C4E99

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C4E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C4E99	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25579C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c4e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 78, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.129 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737fb7',
    500: '#2c4e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c4e99;
$custom-light: #737fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c4e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.284,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44077,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C4E99

secondary

#BBA166

accent

#B049DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C4E99

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

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