#2842A3#2842A3

#2842A3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.160 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2842A3
RGB	rgb(40, 66, 163)
HSL	hsl(227, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(227, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 25.51, -55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 60.86, 294.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% -0.007 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.16 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4318, 6.9909, 35.4955)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2842A3 #A38928

analogous

#2880A3 #2842A3 #4C28A3

triadic

#2842A3 #A32842 #42A328

tetradic

#2842A3 #A32880 #A38928 #28A34C

square

#2842A3 #A32880 #A38928 #28A34C

split-complementary

#2842A3 #A34C28 #80A328

monochromatic

#101A41 #1C2E72 #2842A3 #3A59CF #6B82DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#2842A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#2842A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2842A3

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2842A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2842A3	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2842a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 66, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.160 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476bf',
    500: '#2842a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2842a3;
$custom-light: #7476bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2842a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.317,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4216,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2842A3

secondary

#C1AE66

accent

#C244E4

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2842A3

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

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