#2A236E#2A236E

#2A236E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.125 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A236E
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(246, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.31, 26.93, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.31, 50.37, 302.32°)
OKLab	oklab(31.57% 0.0232 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(31.57% 0.125 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3695, 2.8198, 15.0629)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A236E #676E23

analogous

#23416E #2A236E #4F236E

triadic

#2A236E #6E2A23 #236E2A

tetradic

#2A236E #6E2341 #676E23 #236E4F

square

#2A236E #6E2341 #676E23 #236E4F

split-complementary

#2A236E #6E4F23 #416E23

monochromatic

#090717 #181440 #2A236E #3C329C #5347C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#2A236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#2A236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A236E

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A236E	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.125 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5e98',
    500: '#2a236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a236e;
$custom-light: #6c5e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.6,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31568,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A236E

secondary

#99A14C

accent

#DB4DCE

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A236E

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

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