#2A238D#2A238D

#2A238D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.166 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A238D
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(244, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(244, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 37.66, -57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 68.51, 303.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.018 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.166 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3620, 3.6168, 25.5570)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A238D #868D23

analogous

#23518D #2A238D #5F238D

triadic

#2A238D #8D2A23 #238D2A

tetradic

#2A238D #8D2351 #868D23 #238D5F

square

#2A238D #8D2351 #868D23 #238D5F

split-complementary

#2A238D #8D5F23 #518D23

monochromatic

#0D0B2B #1B175C #2A238D #392FBE #5E55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#2A238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#2A238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A238D

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A238D	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.166 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735faf',
    500: '#2a238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a238d;
$custom-light: #735faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.962,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3469,
    "c": 0.16637,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A238D

secondary

#B2B953

accent

#E344D9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A238D

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

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