#2542AE#2542AE

#2542AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.175 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2542AE
RGB	rgb(37, 66, 174)
HSL	hsl(227, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(227, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 29.36, -60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 67.30, 295.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43% -0.0095 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.175 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3485, 7.3446, 40.9084)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2542AE #AE9125

analogous

#2587AE #2542AE #4D25AE

triadic

#2542AE #AE2542 #42AE25

tetradic

#2542AE #AE2587 #AE9125 #25AE4D

square

#2542AE #AE2587 #AE9125 #25AE4D

split-complementary

#2542AE #AE4D25 #87AE25

monochromatic

#101C49 #1A2F7C #2542AE #3B5CD5 #6D86E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#2542AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#2542AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2542AE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2542AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2542AE	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2542ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 66, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.175 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7676c7',
    500: '#2542ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2542ae;
$custom-light: #7676c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2542ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.299,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43001,
    "c": 0.17539,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2542AE

secondary

#C6B368

accent

#C440E8

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2542AE

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

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