#2A255B#2A255B

#2A255B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.093 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A255B
RGB	rgb(42, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(246, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(246, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 59.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.23, 18.85, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.23, 36.99, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(30.28% 0.0218 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(30.28% 0.093 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5042, 2.5705, 10.2070)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A255B #565B25

analogous

#253B5B #2A255B #45255B

triadic

#2A255B #5B2A25 #255B2A

tetradic

#2A255B #5B253B #565B25 #255B45

square

#2A255B #5B253B #565B25 #255B45

split-complementary

#2A255B #5B4525 #3B5B25

monochromatic

#0A0916 #16132F #2A255B #3E3787 #5248B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#2A255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2A255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A255B

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A255B	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#022B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18313C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.093 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685f8a',
    500: '#2a255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a255b;
$custom-light: #685f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.556,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30279,
    "c": 0.09349,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A255B

secondary

#888E4D

accent

#D256C6

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06040C

muted

#7A797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A255B

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

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