#2844AE#2844AE

#2844AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.172 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2844AE
RGB	rgb(40, 68, 174)
HSL	hsl(227, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(227, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 60.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 28.35, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 65.91, 295.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% -0.0082 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.172 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5795, 7.6402, 40.9533)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2844AE #AE9228

analogous

#2887AE #2844AE #4F28AE

triadic

#2844AE #AE2844 #44AE28

tetradic

#2844AE #AE2887 #AE9228 #28AE4F

square

#2844AE #AE2887 #AE9228 #28AE4F

split-complementary

#2844AE #AE4F28 #87AE28

monochromatic

#111D4A #1D317C #2844AE #405FD3 #7289DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#2844AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#2844AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2844AE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2844AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2844AE	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2844ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 68, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.172 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7777c7',
    500: '#2844ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2844ae;
$custom-light: #7777c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2844ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.463,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43513,
    "c": 0.17215,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2844AE

secondary

#C6B36C

accent

#C442E6

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2844AE

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

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