#2A229B#2A229B

#2A229B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.185 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A229B
RGB	rgb(42, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(244, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(244, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 42.87, -63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 76.78, 303.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.0154 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.185 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4413, 4.0021, 31.3843)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A229B #939B22

analogous

#22579B #2A229B #67229B

triadic

#2A229B #9B2A22 #229B2A

tetradic

#2A229B #9B2257 #939B22 #229B67

square

#2A229B #9B2257 #939B22 #229B67

split-complementary

#2A229B #9B6722 #579B22

monochromatic

#0F0C37 #1C1769 #2A229B #382DCD #655CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#2A229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#2A229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A229B

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A229B	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.185 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7660ba',
    500: '#2a229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a229b;
$custom-light: #7660ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.967,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3607,
    "c": 0.18488,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A229B

secondary

#B9C059

accent

#E741DC

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A229B

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

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