#2842A2#2842A2

#2842A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.158 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2842A2
RGB	rgb(40, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(227, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(227, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 59.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 25.13, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 60.28, 294.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% -0.007 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.158 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3426, 6.9552, 35.0255)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2842A2 #A28828

analogous

#287FA2 #2842A2 #4B28A2

triadic

#2842A2 #A22842 #42A228

tetradic

#2842A2 #A2287F #A28828 #28A24B

square

#2842A2 #A2287F #A28828 #28A24B

split-complementary

#2842A2 #A24B28 #7FA228

monochromatic

#101A40 #1C2E71 #2842A2 #3959CE #6A82DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#2842A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#2842A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2842A2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2842A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2842A2	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2842a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.158 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476be',
    500: '#2842a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2842a2;
$custom-light: #7476be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2842a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.213,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42074,
    "c": 0.15828,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2842A2

secondary

#C1AD65

accent

#C244E4

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2842A2

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

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