#2D438B#2D438B

#2D438B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.123 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D438B
RGB	rgb(45, 67, 139)
HSL	hsl(226, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 51.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 16.43, -42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 45.78, 291.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% -0.0046 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.123 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7479, 6.4356, 25.2550)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D438B #8B752D

analogous

#2D728B #2D438B #462D8B

triadic

#2D438B #8B2D43 #438B2D

tetradic

#2D438B #8B2D72 #8B752D #2D8B46

square

#2D438B #8B2D72 #8B752D #2D8B46

split-complementary

#2D438B #8B462D #728B2D

monochromatic

#0F162F #1E2D5D #2D438B #3C59B9 #657ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#2D438B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2D438B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D438B

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D438B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D438B	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d438b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 67, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.123 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7176ad',
    500: '#2d438b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d438b;
$custom-light: #7176ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d438b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.957,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40673,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D438B

secondary

#B4A060

accent

#B94DDB

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D438B

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

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