#2A2799#2A2799

#2A2799 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.177 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2799
RGB	rgb(42, 39, 153)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 39.39, -61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 72.77, 302.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.0133 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.177 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4282, 4.2425, 30.5582)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2799 #969927

analogous

#275D99 #2A2799 #632799

triadic

#2A2799 #992A27 #27992A

tetradic

#2A2799 #99275D #969927 #279963

square

#2A2799 #99275D #969927 #279963

split-complementary

#2A2799 #996327 #5D9927

monochromatic

#0F0E37 #1D1B68 #2A2799 #3733CA #6663D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#2A2799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#2A2799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2799

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2799	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 39, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.177 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7563b8',
    500: '#2a2799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2799;
$custom-light: #7563b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.579,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36557,
    "c": 0.17746,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2799

secondary

#BABD5F

accent

#E345DE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2799

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

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