#2842A9#2842A9

#2842A9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.168 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2842A9
RGB	rgb(40, 66, 169)
HSL	hsl(228, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(228, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.28, 27.79, -58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.28, 64.36, 295.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% -0.0069 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.168 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9822, 7.2110, 38.3942)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2842A9 #A98F28

analogous

#2882A9 #2842A9 #4E28A9

triadic

#2842A9 #A92842 #42A928

tetradic

#2842A9 #A92882 #A98F28 #28A94E

square

#2842A9 #A92882 #A98F28 #28A94E

split-complementary

#2842A9 #A94E28 #82A928

monochromatic

#111B46 #1C2F78 #2842A9 #3D5BD1 #6F85DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#2842A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#2842A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2842A9

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2842A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2842A9	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2842a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 66, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.168 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7676c3',
    500: '#2842a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2842a9;
$custom-light: #7676c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2842a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.907,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42685,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2842A9

secondary

#C4B169

accent

#C443E5

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2842A9

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

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