#2842B6#2842B6

#2842B6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.185 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2842B6
RGB	rgb(40, 66, 182)
HSL	hsl(229, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(229, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 63.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 32.66, -63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 71.82, 297.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% -0.007 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.185 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2639, 7.7237, 45.1441)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2842B6 #B69C28

analogous

#2889B6 #2842B6 #5528B6

triadic

#2842B6 #B62842 #42B628

tetradic

#2842B6 #B62889 #B69C28 #28B655

square

#2842B6 #B62889 #B69C28 #28B655

split-complementary

#2842B6 #B65528 #89B628

monochromatic

#121E52 #1D3084 #2842B6 #4560D6 #778BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#2842B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#2842B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2842B6

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2842B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2842B6	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2842b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 66, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.185 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7976cd',
    500: '#2842b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2842b6;
$custom-light: #7976cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2842b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.014,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43858,
    "c": 0.18516,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2842B6

secondary

#C9B971

accent

#C941E7

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0814

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2842B6

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

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