#2940A5#2940A5

#2940A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.165 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2940A5
RGB	rgb(41, 64, 165)
HSL	hsl(229, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(229, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 61.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 27.72, -56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 63.36, 295.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% -0.0046 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.165 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5370, 6.8538, 36.4103)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2940A5 #A58E29

analogous

#297EA5 #2940A5 #5029A5

triadic

#2940A5 #A52940 #40A529

tetradic

#2940A5 #A5297E #A58E29 #29A550

square

#2940A5 #A5297E #A58E29 #29A550

split-complementary

#2940A5 #A55029 #7EA529

monochromatic

#111A43 #1D2D74 #2940A5 #3D58CF #6E82DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#2940A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#2940A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2940A5

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2940A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2940A5	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2940a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 64, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.165 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7574c1',
    500: '#2940a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2940a5;
$custom-light: #7574c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2940a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.871,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41991,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2940A5

secondary

#C2B168

accent

#C644E3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2940A5

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

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