#2A238B#2A238B

#2A238B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.164 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A238B
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(244, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(244, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 36.98, -56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 67.38, 303.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0184 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.164 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2146, 3.5578, 24.7803)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A238B #848B23

analogous

#23508B #2A238B #5E238B

triadic

#2A238B #8B2A23 #238B2A

tetradic

#2A238B #8B2350 #848B23 #238B5E

square

#2A238B #8B2350 #848B23 #238B5E

split-complementary

#2A238B #8B5E23 #508B23

monochromatic

#0C0A29 #1B175A #2A238B #392FBC #5D54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#2A238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#2A238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A238B

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A238B	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.164 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725fae',
    500: '#2a238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a238b;
$custom-light: #725fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.038,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34479,
    "c": 0.1638,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A238B

secondary

#B1B852

accent

#E345D8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090510

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A238B

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

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