#2A23A4#2A23A4

#2A23A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.195 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A23A4
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(243, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(243, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 78.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 45.26, -67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 81.03, 303.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% 0.0129 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.195 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2545, 4.3738, 35.5240)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A23A4 #9DA423

analogous

#235DA4 #2A23A4 #6B23A4

triadic

#2A23A4 #A42A23 #23A42A

tetradic

#2A23A4 #A4235D #9DA423 #23A46B

square

#2A23A4 #A4235D #9DA423 #23A46B

split-complementary

#2A23A4 #A46B23 #5DA423

monochromatic

#100D3F #1D1872 #2A23A4 #3A31D3 #6A64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#2A23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#2A23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A23A4

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A23A4	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0035A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.195 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7861c0',
    500: '#2a23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a23a4;
$custom-light: #7861c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.256,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37203,
    "c": 0.19489,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A23A4

secondary

#BEC360

accent

#E840DF

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#EFEAF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A23A4

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

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