#2C5DAE#2C5DAE

#2C5DAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.140 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C5DAE
RGB	rgb(44, 93, 174)
HSL	hsl(217, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(217, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 46.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 12.31, -48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 49.62, 284.36°)
OKLab	oklab(48.9% -0.0245 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(48.9% 0.14 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5903, 11.4188, 41.5767)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C5DAE #AE7D2C

analogous

#2C9EAE #2C5DAE #3C2CAE

triadic

#2C5DAE #AE2C5D #5DAE2C

tetradic

#2C5DAE #AE2C9E #AE7D2C #2CAE3C

square

#2C5DAE #AE2C9E #AE7D2C #2CAE3C

split-complementary

#2C5DAE #AE3C2C #9EAE2C

monochromatic

#13294C #20437D #2C5DAE #477BD0 #789EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#2C5DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#2C5DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C5DAE

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C5DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C5DAE	1.00	6.39	3.28	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3265B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1459AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00707D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c5dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 93, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.140 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#778ac7',
    500: '#2c5dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c5dae;
$custom-light: #778ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c5dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.385,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48902,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C5DAE

secondary

#C5A571

accent

#A745E3

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C5DAE

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

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