#2A238E#2A238E

#2A238E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.168 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A238E
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(244, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(244, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 38.00, -57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 69.07, 303.38°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.0178 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.168 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4368, 3.6467, 25.9506)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A238E #878E23

analogous

#23528E #2A238E #5F238E

triadic

#2A238E #8E2A23 #238E2A

tetradic

#2A238E #8E2352 #878E23 #238E5F

square

#2A238E #8E2352 #878E23 #238E5F

split-complementary

#2A238E #8E5F23 #528E23

monochromatic

#0D0B2C #1B175D #2A238E #392FBF #5E56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#2A238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#2A238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A238E

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A238E	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.168 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7360b0',
    500: '#2a238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a238e;
$custom-light: #7360b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.925,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34797,
    "c": 0.16765,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A238E

secondary

#B3B953

accent

#E444D9

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A238E

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

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