#2A2798#2A2798

#2A2798 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.176 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2798
RGB	rgb(42, 39, 152)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(242, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 74.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 39.05, -60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 72.22, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0135 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.176 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3460, 4.2096, 30.1251)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2798 #959827

analogous

#275C98 #2A2798 #632798

triadic

#2A2798 #982A27 #27982A

tetradic

#2A2798 #98275C #959827 #279863

square

#2A2798 #98275C #959827 #279863

split-complementary

#2A2798 #986327 #5C9827

monochromatic

#0F0E37 #1D1B67 #2A2798 #3733C9 #6663D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#2A2798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#2A2798 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2798

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2798	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 39, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.176 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7563b7',
    500: '#2a2798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2798;
$custom-light: #7563b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.593,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36451,
    "c": 0.1762,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2798

secondary

#BABC5E

accent

#E245DE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2798

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

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