#2C4EAE#2C4EAE

#2C4EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.159 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C4EAE
RGB	rgb(44, 78, 174)
HSL	hsl(224, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(224, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 55.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.06, 22.19, -54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.06, 59.19, 292.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.69% -0.012 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(45.69% 0.159 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4004, 9.0390, 41.1801)
Luminance	0.0904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C4EAE #AE8C2C

analogous

#2C8FAE #2C4EAE #4B2CAE

triadic

#2C4EAE #AE2C4E #4EAE2C

tetradic

#2C4EAE #AE2C8F #AE8C2C #2CAE4B

square

#2C4EAE #AE2C8F #AE8C2C #2CAE4B

split-complementary

#2C4EAE #AE4B2C #8FAE2C

monochromatic

#13224C #20387D #2C4EAE #476BD0 #7892DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#2C4EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#2C4EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C4EAE

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C4EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C4EAE	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c4eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 78, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.159 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#787fc7',
    500: '#2c4eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c4eae;
$custom-light: #787fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c4eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45686,
    "c": 0.15859,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C4EAE

secondary

#C5AF71

accent

#BA45E3

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C4EAE

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

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