#2A235E#2A235E

#2A235E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.101 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A235E
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(247, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(247, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.93, 21.29, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.93, 40.38, 301.82°)
OKLab	oklab(30.13% 0.0243 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(30.13% 0.101 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.5756, 2.5023, 10.8821)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A235E #575E23

analogous

#23395E #2A235E #47235E

triadic

#2A235E #5E2A23 #235E2A

tetradic

#2A235E #5E2339 #575E23 #235E47

square

#2A235E #5E2339 #575E23 #235E47

split-complementary

#2A235E #5E4723 #395E23

monochromatic

#0A0816 #161231 #2A235E #3E348B #5244B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#2A235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#2A235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A235E

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A235E	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16313C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.101 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695e8c',
    500: '#2a235e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a235e;
$custom-light: #695e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.119,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30128,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A235E

secondary

#89924B

accent

#D552C6

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07040C

muted

#7A797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A235E

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

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