#2A2699#2A2699

#2A2699 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.178 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2699
RGB	rgb(42, 38, 153)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 39.97, -61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 73.37, 303.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0139 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.178 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3958, 4.1777, 30.5474)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2699 #959926

analogous

#265B99 #2A2699 #642699

triadic

#2A2699 #992A26 #26992A

tetradic

#2A2699 #99265B #959926 #269964

square

#2A2699 #99265B #959926 #269964

split-complementary

#2A2699 #996426 #5B9926

monochromatic

#0F0E37 #1D1A68 #2A2699 #3732CA #6662D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#2A2699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#2A2699 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2699

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2699	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 38, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.178 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7562b8',
    500: '#2a2699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2699;
$custom-light: #7562b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.087,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36409,
    "c": 0.17849,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2699

secondary

#BABD5E

accent

#E344DE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2699

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

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