#2D38A5#2D38A5

#2D38A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.173 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D38A5
RGB	rgb(45, 56, 165)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 66.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.67, 33.44, -59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.67, 68.61, 299.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.0049 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.173 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2856, 6.1019, 36.2784)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D38A5 #A59A2D

analogous

#2D74A5 #2D38A5 #5E2DA5

triadic

#2D38A5 #A52D38 #38A52D

tetradic

#2D38A5 #A52D74 #A59A2D #2DA55E

square

#2D38A5 #A52D74 #A59A2D #2DA55E

split-complementary

#2D38A5 #A55E2D #74A52D

monochromatic

#131745 #202875 #2D38A5 #4350CC #737DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#2D38A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#2D38A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D38A5

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D38A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D38A5	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d38a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 56, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.173 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786fc1',
    500: '#2d38a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d38a5;
$custom-light: #786fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d38a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40719,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D38A5

secondary

#C1B96D

accent

#D247E0

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEECF8

border

#C9C7D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D38A5

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

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