#2A259C#2A259C

#2A259C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.183 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A259C
RGB	rgb(42, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(243, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(243, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 41.54, -63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 75.61, 303.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0138 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.183 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6152, 4.2149, 31.8583)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A259C #979C25

analogous

#255B9C #2A259C #65259C

triadic

#2A259C #9C2A25 #259C2A

tetradic

#2A259C #9C255B #979C25 #259C65

square

#2A259C #9C255B #979C25 #259C65

split-complementary

#2A259C #9C6525 #5B9C25

monochromatic

#0F0E39 #1D196B #2A259C #3731CD #6762DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#2A259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#2A259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A259C

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A259C	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.183 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7662ba',
    500: '#2a259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a259c;
$custom-light: #7662ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.521,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3659,
    "c": 0.18324,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A259C

secondary

#BBBF5E

accent

#E543DE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A259C

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

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