#2A259D#2A259D

#2A259D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.184 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A259D
RGB	rgb(42, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(243, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(243, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 41.88, -63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 76.15, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0136 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.184 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7002, 4.2489, 32.3061)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A259D #989D25

analogous

#255C9D #2A259D #66259D

triadic

#2A259D #9D2A25 #259D2A

tetradic

#2A259D #9D255C #989D25 #259D66

square

#2A259D #9D255C #989D25 #259D66

split-complementary

#2A259D #9D6625 #5C9D25

monochromatic

#100E3A #1D196B #2A259D #3731CE #6762DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#2A259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#2A259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A259D

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A259D	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.184 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7662bb',
    500: '#2a259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a259d;
$custom-light: #7662bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36698,
    "c": 0.18448,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A259D

secondary

#BBBF5E

accent

#E543DE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A259D

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

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