#2240A2#2240A2

#2240A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.162 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2240A2
RGB	rgb(34, 64, 162)
HSL	hsl(226, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(226, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 60.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 25.79, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 61.74, 294.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.41% -0.0108 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(41.41% 0.162 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0124, 6.6145, 34.9771)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2240A2 #A28422

analogous

#2280A2 #2240A2 #4422A2

triadic

#2240A2 #A22240 #40A222

tetradic

#2240A2 #A22280 #A28422 #22A244

square

#2240A2 #A22280 #A28422 #22A244

split-complementary

#2240A2 #A24422 #80A222

monochromatic

#0D183D #172C6F #2240A2 #2E55D3 #617EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#2240A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#2240A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2240A2

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2240A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2240A2	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2240a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 64, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.162 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7274be',
    500: '#2240a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2240a2;
$custom-light: #7274be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2240a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.938,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41412,
    "c": 0.16246,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2240A2

secondary

#C3AB5D

accent

#C140E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2240A2

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

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