#1E42AE#1E42AE

#1E42AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.177 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1E42AE
RGB	rgb(30, 66, 174)
HSL	hsl(225, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(225, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 62.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.32, 28.72, -61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.32, 67.42, 295.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% -0.0148 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.177 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1209, 7.2272, 40.8978)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1E42AE #AE8A1E

analogous

#1E8AAE #1E42AE #421EAE

triadic

#1E42AE #AE1E42 #42AE1E

tetradic

#1E42AE #AE1E8A #AE8A1E #1EAE42

square

#1E42AE #AE1E8A #AE8A1E #1EAE42

split-complementary

#1E42AE #AE421E #8AAE1E

monochromatic

#0C1A46 #152E7A #1E42AE #2E59DB #6283E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#1E42AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#1E42AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1E42AE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1E42AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1E42AE	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1e42ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(30, 66, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.177 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476c7',
    500: '#1e42ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1e42ae;
$custom-light: #7476c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1e42ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 30,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42735,
    "c": 0.17714,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1E42AE

secondary

#C9AE5F

accent

#C13AED

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1E42AE

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

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