#2A2497#2A2497

#2A2497 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.178 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2497
RGB	rgb(42, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(243, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(243, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 40.44, -61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 73.46, 303.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0153 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.178 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1698, 3.9877, 29.6640)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2497 #919724

analogous

#245897 #2A2497 #642497

triadic

#2A2497 #972A24 #24972A

tetradic

#2A2497 #972458 #919724 #249764

square

#2A2497 #972458 #919724 #249764

split-complementary

#2A2497 #976424 #589724

monochromatic

#0F0C34 #1C1866 #2A2497 #3830C8 #635DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#2A2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#2A2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2497

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2497	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.178 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7561b7',
    500: '#2a2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2497;
$custom-light: #7561b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.13,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35907,
    "c": 0.17799,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2497

secondary

#B8BD5A

accent

#E543DC

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2497

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

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