#2C509E#2C509E

#2C509E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.134 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C509E
RGB	rgb(44, 80, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(221, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 49.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.48, 14.75, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.48, 48.55, 287.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% -0.0154 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.134 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0767, 8.7404, 33.4971)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C509E #9E7A2C

analogous

#2C899E #2C509E #412C9E

triadic

#2C509E #9E2C50 #509E2C

tetradic

#2C509E #9E2C89 #9E7A2C #2C9E41

square

#2C509E #9E2C89 #9E7A2C #2C9E41

split-complementary

#2C509E #9E412C #899E2C

monochromatic

#11203E #1F386E #2C509E #3E6AC9 #6E8FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#2C509E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#2C509E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C509E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C509E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C509E	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2559A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c509e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 80, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.134 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7480bb',
    500: '#2c509e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c509e;
$custom-light: #7480bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c509e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44883,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C509E

secondary

#BEA368

accent

#B048E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C509E

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

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