#2A238C#2A238C

#2A238C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.165 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A238C
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(244, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(244, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 37.32, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 67.95, 303.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.58% 0.0182 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(34.58% 0.165 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2880, 3.5872, 25.1669)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A238C #858C23

analogous

#23518C #2A238C #5F238C

triadic

#2A238C #8C2A23 #238C2A

tetradic

#2A238C #8C2351 #858C23 #238C5F

square

#2A238C #8C2351 #858C23 #238C5F

split-complementary

#2A238C #8C5F23 #518C23

monochromatic

#0D0B2A #1B175B #2A238C #392FBD #5D55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#2A238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#2A238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A238C

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A238C	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.165 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735faf',
    500: '#2a238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a238c;
$custom-light: #735faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34584,
    "c": 0.16509,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A238C

secondary

#B2B852

accent

#E345D9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#090510

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A238C

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

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