#2A236F#2A236F

#2A236F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.126 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A236F
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(246, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.40, 27.28, -43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.40, 50.98, 302.36°)
OKLab	oklab(31.66% 0.0231 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(31.66% 0.126 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4242, 2.8417, 15.3512)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A236F #686F23

analogous

#23426F #2A236F #50236F

triadic

#2A236F #6F2A23 #236F2A

tetradic

#2A236F #6F2342 #686F23 #236F50

square

#2A236F #6F2342 #686F23 #236F50

split-complementary

#2A236F #6F5023 #426F23

monochromatic

#090717 #181440 #2A236F #3C329E #5347C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#2A236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#2A236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A236F

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A236F	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.126 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5e99',
    500: '#2a236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a236f;
$custom-light: #6c5e99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.526,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31663,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A236F

secondary

#9AA24C

accent

#DB4CCE

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A236F

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

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