#2A268E#2A268E

#2A268E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.164 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A268E
RGB	rgb(42, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(242, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(242, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.10, 36.22, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.10, 67.22, 302.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0159 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.164 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5288, 3.8309, 25.9813)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A268E #8A8E26

analogous

#26568E #2A268E #5E268E

triadic

#2A268E #8E2A26 #268E2A

tetradic

#2A268E #8E2656 #8A8E26 #268E5E

square

#2A268E #8E2656 #8A8E26 #268E5E

split-complementary

#2A268E #8E5E26 #568E26

monochromatic

#0D0C2D #1C195E #2A268E #3833BE #605BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#2A268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#2A268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A268E

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A268E	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.164 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7361b0',
    500: '#2a268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a268e;
$custom-light: #7361b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3525,
    "c": 0.16442,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A268E

secondary

#B4B858

accent

#E147DB

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDEAF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A268E

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

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