#2442B2#2442B2

#2442B2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.181 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2442B2
RGB	rgb(36, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(227, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(227, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 30.78, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 69.61, 296.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% -0.0103 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.181 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7088, 7.4846, 42.9911)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2442B2 #B29424

analogous

#2489B2 #2442B2 #4D24B2

triadic

#2442B2 #B22442 #42B224

tetradic

#2442B2 #B22489 #B29424 #24B24D

square

#2442B2 #B22489 #B29424 #24B24D

split-complementary

#2442B2 #B24D24 #89B224

monochromatic

#0F1C4C #1A2F7F #2442B2 #3C5DD8 #6F87E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#2442B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#2442B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2442B2

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2442B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2442B2	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2442b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.181 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776ca',
    500: '#2442b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2442b2;
$custom-light: #7776ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2442b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.324,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43324,
    "c": 0.18094,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2442B2

secondary

#C8B469

accent

#C53FE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2442B2

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

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