#023E8A · Cobalt

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#023E8A is a dark, highly saturated blue color, closest to Cobalt and near Cobalt and Sapphire. In OKLCH it has 38% lightness and 0.14 chroma at hue 258°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #023E8A a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#023E8A
RGBrgb(2, 62, 138)
HSLhsl(214, 97%, 27%)
CMYK99, 55, 0, 46
CSS var--cobalt
Contrast10.2:1 white · 2.06:1 black

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How to use #023E8A

White text passes WCAG AA on #023E8A (10.2:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #023E8A with its analogous neighbors #027F88 and #0B0288; for contrast use its complement #884E02 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--cobalt: #023E8A;

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