#2D4996#2D4996

#2D4996 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.131 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D4996
RGB	rgb(45, 73, 150)
HSL	hsl(224, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(224, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 51.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 16.54, -45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 48.37, 289.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% -0.0091 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.131 266)
XYZ	xyz(8.9678, 7.5241, 29.8279)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D4996 #967A2D

analogous

#2D7D96 #2D4996 #452D96

triadic

#2D4996 #962D49 #49962D

tetradic

#2D4996 #962D7D #967A2D #2D9645

square

#2D4996 #962D7D #967A2D #2D9645

split-complementary

#2D4996 #96452D #7D962D

monochromatic

#111B38 #1F3267 #2D4996 #3C60C4 #6B87D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#2D4996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#2D4996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D4996

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D4996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D4996	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C5399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d4996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 73, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.131 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bb5',
    500: '#2d4996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d4996;
$custom-light: #737bb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d4996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42808,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.07525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D4996

secondary

#B9A365

accent

#B64BDD

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D4996

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

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