#2C4EA3#2C4EA3

#2C4EA3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.143 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C4EA3
RGB	rgb(44, 78, 163)
HSL	hsl(223, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(223, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 52.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, 18.00, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 52.78, 289.94°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% -0.013 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.143 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3716, 8.6275, 35.7619)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C4EA3 #A3812C

analogous

#2C89A3 #2C4EA3 #452CA3

triadic

#2C4EA3 #A32C4E #4EA32C

tetradic

#2C4EA3 #A32C89 #A3812C #2CA345

square

#2C4EA3 #A32C89 #A3812C #2CA345

split-complementary

#2C4EA3 #A3452C #89A32C

monochromatic

#122043 #1F3773 #2C4EA3 #4168CC #718ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#2C4EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#2C4EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C4EA3

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C4EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C4EA3	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1859A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c4ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 78, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.143 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757fbf',
    500: '#2c4ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c4ea3;
$custom-light: #757fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c4ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44824,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C4EA3

secondary

#C0A86B

accent

#B547E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C4EA3

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

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