#2A236B#2A236B

#2A236B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.120 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A236B
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(246, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(246, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.04, 25.87, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.04, 48.53, 302.22°)
OKLab	oklab(31.29% 0.0235 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(31.29% 0.12 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2089, 2.7556, 14.2172)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A236B #646B23

analogous

#23406B #2A236B #4E236B

triadic

#2A236B #6B2A23 #236B2A

tetradic

#2A236B #6B2340 #646B23 #236B4E

square

#2A236B #6B2340 #646B23 #236B4E

split-complementary

#2A236B #6B4E23 #406B23

monochromatic

#090817 #18143D #2A236B #3C3299 #5246C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.54

#2A236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#2A236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A236B

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A236B	1.00	13.54	1.55	13.54
#FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#053543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.120 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5e96',
    500: '#2a236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a236b;
$custom-light: #6b5e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.833,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31288,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A236B

secondary

#969E4B

accent

#DA4ECD

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A236B

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

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