#2A255E#2A255E

#2A255E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.098 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A255E
RGB	rgb(42, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(245, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(245, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.47, 19.91, -33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.47, 38.92, 300.77°)
OKLab	oklab(30.53% 0.0219 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(30.53% 0.098 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.6362, 2.6233, 10.9023)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A255E #595E25

analogous

#253C5E #2A255E #46255E

triadic

#2A255E #5E2A25 #255E2A

tetradic

#2A255E #5E253C #595E25 #255E46

square

#2A255E #5E253C #595E25 #255E46

split-complementary

#2A255E #5E4625 #3C5E25

monochromatic

#0A0916 #161432 #2A255E #3E368A #5148B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#2A255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2A255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A255E

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A255E	1.00	13.77	1.52	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15323D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.098 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695f8c',
    500: '#2a255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a255e;
$custom-light: #695f8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.263,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30526,
    "c": 0.09813,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A255E

secondary

#8B914D

accent

#D355C8

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06040C

muted

#7A797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A255E

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

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