#2A279A#2A279A

#2A279A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.179 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A279A
RGB	rgb(42, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 39.73, -61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 73.32, 302.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0132 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.179 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5112, 4.2756, 30.9950)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A279A #979A27

analogous

#275E9A #2A279A #63279A

triadic

#2A279A #9A2A27 #279A2A

tetradic

#2A279A #9A275E #979A27 #279A63

square

#2A279A #9A275E #979A27 #279A63

split-complementary

#2A279A #9A6327 #5E9A27

monochromatic

#0F0E38 #1D1B69 #2A279A #3733CB #6764D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#2A279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#2A279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A279A

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A279A	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.179 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7563b9',
    500: '#2a279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a279a;
$custom-light: #7563b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.565,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36663,
    "c": 0.17872,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A279A

secondary

#BBBD5F

accent

#E345DF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A279A

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

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