#2A236A#2A236A

#2A236A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.119 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A236A
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(246, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(246, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.95, 25.52, -40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.95, 47.91, 302.18°)
OKLab	oklab(31.2% 0.0236 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(31.2% 0.119 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1566, 2.7346, 13.9417)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A236A #636A23

analogous

#23406A #2A236A #4D236A

triadic

#2A236A #6A2A23 #236A2A

tetradic

#2A236A #6A2340 #636A23 #236A4D

square

#2A236A #6A2340 #636A23 #236A4D

split-complementary

#2A236A #6A4D23 #406A23

monochromatic

#090817 #18143C #2A236A #3C3298 #5246C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#2A236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#2A236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A236A

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A236A	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#073543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.119 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5e95',
    500: '#2a236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a236a;
$custom-light: #6b5e95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.915,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31195,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A236A

secondary

#959D4B

accent

#DA4ECC

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A236A

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

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