#2D238E#2D238E

#2D238E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.167 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D238E
RGB	rgb(45, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(246, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(246, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 38.34, -57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 68.94, 303.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0219 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.167 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5641, 3.7124, 25.9566)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D238E #848E23

analogous

#234F8E #2D238E #62238E

triadic

#2D238E #8E2D23 #238E2D

tetradic

#2D238E #8E234F #848E23 #238E62

square

#2D238E #8E234F #848E23 #238E62

split-complementary

#2D238E #8E6223 #4F8E23

monochromatic

#0E0B2C #1D175D #2D238E #3D2FBF #6256D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#2D238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#2D238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D238E

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D238E	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.167 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7460b0',
    500: '#2d238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d238e;
$custom-light: #7460b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.607,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35019,
    "c": 0.16693,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D238E

secondary

#B0B953

accent

#E444D5

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D238E

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

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