#2A259F#2A259F

#2A259F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.187 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A259F
RGB	rgb(42, 37, 159)
HSL	hsl(242, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(242, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 76.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 42.54, -64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 77.24, 303.42°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0132 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.187 274)
XYZ	xyz(7.8723, 4.3178, 33.2127)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A259F #9A9F25

analogous

#255D9F #2A259F #67259F

triadic

#2A259F #9F2A25 #259F2A

tetradic

#2A259F #9F255D #9A9F25 #259F67

square

#2A259F #9F255D #9A9F25 #259F67

split-complementary

#2A259F #9F6725 #5D9F25

monochromatic

#100E3C #1D196D #2A259F #3832CF #6864DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#2A259F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#2A259F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A259F

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A259F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A259F	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a259f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 37, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.187 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7762bd',
    500: '#2a259f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a259f;
$custom-light: #7762bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a259f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.459,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36916,
    "c": 0.18694,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.04319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A259F

secondary

#BCC05F

accent

#E542DF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A259F

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

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