#2542A3#2542A3

#2542A3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.161 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2542A3
RGB	rgb(37, 66, 163)
HSL	hsl(226, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(226, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 59.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 25.16, -55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 60.92, 294.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% -0.0096 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.161 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3197, 6.9330, 35.4903)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2542A3 #A38625

analogous

#2581A3 #2542A3 #4725A3

triadic

#2542A3 #A32542 #42A325

tetradic

#2542A3 #A32581 #A38625 #25A347

square

#2542A3 #A32581 #A38625 #25A347

split-complementary

#2542A3 #A34725 #81A325

monochromatic

#0E1A3F #1A2E71 #2542A3 #3458D1 #6681DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#2542A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#2542A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2542A3

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2542A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2542A3	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2542a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 66, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.161 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7376bf',
    500: '#2542a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2542a3;
$custom-light: #7376bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2542a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.19,
    "s": 63,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42025,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2542A3

secondary

#C2AC62

accent

#C042E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2542A3

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

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