#2A256B#2A256B

#2A256B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.118 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A256B
RGB	rgb(42, 37, 107)
HSL	hsl(244, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(244, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 65.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.54, 24.54, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.54, 47.12, 301.38°)
OKLab	oklab(31.66% 0.0214 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(31.66% 0.118 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2694, 2.8766, 14.2373)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A256B #666B25

analogous

#25436B #2A256B #4D256B

triadic

#2A256B #6B2A25 #256B2A

tetradic

#2A256B #6B2543 #666B25 #256B4D

square

#2A256B #6B2543 #666B25 #256B4D

split-complementary

#2A256B #6B4D25 #436B25

monochromatic

#090817 #18153E #2A256B #3C3598 #524AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#2A256B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#2A256B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A256B

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A256B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A256B	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#043644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a256b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 37, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.118 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b6096',
    500: '#2a256b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a256b;
$custom-light: #6b6096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a256b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 48.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31657,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A256B

secondary

#989E4E

accent

#D850CE

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A256B

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

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