#2823A6#2823A6

#2823A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.198 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2823A6
RGB	rgb(40, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(242, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(242, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 45.74, -68.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 82.18, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.01 -0.1976)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.198 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3567, 4.4055, 36.4789)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2823A6 #A1A623

analogous

#2360A6 #2823A6 #6A23A6

triadic

#2823A6 #A62823 #23A628

tetradic

#2823A6 #A62360 #A1A623 #23A66A

square

#2823A6 #A62360 #A1A623 #23A66A

split-complementary

#2823A6 #A66A23 #60A623

monochromatic

#100E41 #1C1873 #2823A6 #3932D4 #6A65DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#2823A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#2823A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2823A6

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2823A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2823A6	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0035A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2823a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.198 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7861c2',
    500: '#2823a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2823a6;
$custom-light: #7861c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2823a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.29,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37304,
    "c": 0.19781,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2823A6

secondary

#C0C461

accent

#E840E2

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#EFEAF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0513

muted

#7C7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #2823A6

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

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