#2842AC#2842AC

#2842AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.172 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2842AC
RGB	rgb(40, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(228, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(228, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 61.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 28.92, -59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 66.09, 295.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% -0.0069 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.172 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2671, 7.3250, 39.8945)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2842AC #AC9228

analogous

#2884AC #2842AC #5028AC

triadic

#2842AC #AC2842 #42AC28

tetradic

#2842AC #AC2884 #AC9228 #28AC50

square

#2842AC #AC2884 #AC9228 #28AC50

split-complementary

#2842AC #AC5028 #84AC28

monochromatic

#111C49 #1C2F7A #2842AC #3F5CD2 #7186DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#2842AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#2842AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2842AC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2842AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2842AC	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2842ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.172 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776c6',
    500: '#2842ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2842ac;
$custom-light: #7776c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2842ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.182,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42951,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2842AC

secondary

#C5B36B

accent

#C542E5

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2842AC

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

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