#2A228E#2A228E

#2A228E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.169 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A228E
RGB	rgb(42, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(244, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(244, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 38.57, -58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 69.67, 303.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0184 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.169 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4078, 3.5887, 25.9409)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A228E #868E22

analogous

#22508E #2A228E #60228E

triadic

#2A228E #8E2A22 #228E2A

tetradic

#2A228E #8E2250 #868E22 #228E60

square

#2A228E #8E2250 #868E22 #228E60

split-complementary

#2A228E #8E6022 #508E22

monochromatic

#0D0A2B #1B165D #2A228E #392EBF #5E54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#2A228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#2A228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A228E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A228E	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.169 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735fb0',
    500: '#2a228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a228e;
$custom-light: #735fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34651,
    "c": 0.16868,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A228E

secondary

#B2BA52

accent

#E443D9

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A228E

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

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