#2842AD#2842AD

#2842AD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.173 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2842AD
RGB	rgb(40, 66, 173)
HSL	hsl(228, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(228, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 29.30, -59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 66.67, 296.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% -0.0069 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.173 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3635, 7.3635, 40.4022)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2842AD #AD9328

analogous

#2885AD #2842AD #5128AD

triadic

#2842AD #AD2842 #42AD28

tetradic

#2842AD #AD2885 #AD9328 #28AD51

square

#2842AD #AD2885 #AD9328 #28AD51

split-complementary

#2842AD #AD5128 #85AD28

monochromatic

#111C4A #1D2F7B #2842AD #3F5CD3 #7187DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#2842AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#2842AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2842AD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2842AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2842AD	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2842ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 66, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.173 267.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2842ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.271,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43041,
    "c": 0.17325,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2842AD

secondary

#C5B46C

accent

#C642E6

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2842AD

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

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