#2A259E#2A259E

#2A259E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.186 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A259E
RGB	rgb(42, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(242, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(242, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 42.21, -64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 76.70, 303.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.0134 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.186 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7859, 4.2832, 32.7575)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A259E #999E25

analogous

#255C9E #2A259E #66259E

triadic

#2A259E #9E2A25 #259E2A

tetradic

#2A259E #9E255C #999E25 #259E66

square

#2A259E #9E255C #999E25 #259E66

split-complementary

#2A259E #9E6625 #5C9E25

monochromatic

#100E3B #1D196C #2A259E #3831CF #6863DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#2A259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#2A259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A259E

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A259E	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.186 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7762bc',
    500: '#2a259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a259e;
$custom-light: #7762bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.479,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36807,
    "c": 0.18571,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A259E

secondary

#BCC05F

accent

#E543DE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A259E

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

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