#2842AE#2842AE

#2842AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.175 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2842AE
RGB	rgb(40, 66, 174)
HSL	hsl(228, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(228, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 62.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.71, 29.67, -60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.71, 67.25, 296.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% -0.0069 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.175 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4606, 7.4024, 40.9137)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2842AE #AE9428

analogous

#2885AE #2842AE #5128AE

triadic

#2842AE #AE2842 #42AE28

tetradic

#2842AE #AE2885 #AE9428 #28AE51

square

#2842AE #AE2885 #AE9428 #28AE51

split-complementary

#2842AE #AE5128 #85AE28

monochromatic

#111C4A #1D2F7C #2842AE #405DD3 #7287DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#2842AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#2842AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2842AE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2842AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2842AE	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2842ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 66, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.175 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776c7',
    500: '#2842ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2842ae;
$custom-light: #7776c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2842ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.358,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4313,
    "c": 0.17459,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2842AE

secondary

#C6B46C

accent

#C642E6

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2842AE

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

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