#2842B2#2842B2

#2842B2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.180 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2842B2
RGB	rgb(40, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(229, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(229, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, 31.17, -62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 69.54, 296.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% -0.0069 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.18 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8564, 7.5607, 42.9980)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2842B2 #B29828

analogous

#2887B2 #2842B2 #5328B2

triadic

#2842B2 #B22842 #42B228

tetradic

#2842B2 #B22887 #B29828 #28B253

square

#2842B2 #B22887 #B29828 #28B253

split-complementary

#2842B2 #B25328 #87B228

monochromatic

#121D4E #1D2F80 #2842B2 #435ED5 #7589E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#2842B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#2842B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2842B2

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2842B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2842B2	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2842b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.180 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7876ca',
    500: '#2842b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2842b2;
$custom-light: #7876ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2842b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.696,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43492,
    "c": 0.1799,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2842B2

secondary

#C7B76F

accent

#C741E6

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2842B2

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

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