#2A2499#2A2499

#2A2499 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.180 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2499
RGB	rgb(42, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(243, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(243, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 41.11, -62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 74.56, 303.46°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.0149 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.18 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3336, 4.0532, 30.5267)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2499 #939924

analogous

#245999 #2A2499 #652499

triadic

#2A2499 #992A24 #24992A

tetradic

#2A2499 #992459 #939924 #249965

square

#2A2499 #992459 #939924 #249965

split-complementary

#2A2499 #996524 #599924

monochromatic

#0F0D36 #1C1867 #2A2499 #3830CB #655ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#2A2499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#2A2499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2499

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2499	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.180 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7561b8',
    500: '#2a2499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2499;
$custom-light: #7561b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.077,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36124,
    "c": 0.18049,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2499

secondary

#B9BE5B

accent

#E543DD

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2499

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

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