#2A2491#2A2491

#2A2491 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.170 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2491
RGB	rgb(42, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(243, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(243, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.99, 38.43, -58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.99, 70.14, 303.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% 0.0166 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.17 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6949, 3.7977, 27.1628)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2491 #8B9124

analogous

#245491 #2A2491 #602491

triadic

#2A2491 #912A24 #24912A

tetradic

#2A2491 #912454 #8B9124 #249160

square

#2A2491 #912454 #8B9124 #249160

split-complementary

#2A2491 #916024 #549124

monochromatic

#0E0C2F #1C1860 #2A2491 #3830C2 #6059D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#2A2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#2A2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2491

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2491	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.170 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7460b2',
    500: '#2a2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2491;
$custom-light: #7460b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.303,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35263,
    "c": 0.17043,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2491

secondary

#B5BA56

accent

#E344DB

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2491

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →