#2542A2#2542A2

#2542A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.159 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2542A2
RGB	rgb(37, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(226, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(226, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 59.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 24.77, -55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 60.33, 294.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% -0.0096 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.159 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2305, 6.8974, 35.0203)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2542A2 #A28525

analogous

#2581A2 #2542A2 #4725A2

triadic

#2542A2 #A22542 #42A225

tetradic

#2542A2 #A22581 #A28525 #25A247

square

#2542A2 #A22581 #A28525 #25A247

split-complementary

#2542A2 #A24725 #81A225

monochromatic

#0E193E #1A2E70 #2542A2 #3458D1 #6581DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#2542A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#2542A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2542A2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2542A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2542A2	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2542a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.159 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7376be',
    500: '#2542a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2542a2;
$custom-light: #7376be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2542a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.08,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41938,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2542A2

secondary

#C2AB61

accent

#C042E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2542A2

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

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