#2A279E#2A279E

#2A279E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.184 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A279E
RGB	rgb(42, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 41.08, -63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 75.52, 302.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0124 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.184 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8499, 4.4111, 32.7789)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A279E #9B9E27

analogous

#275F9E #2A279E #65279E

triadic

#2A279E #9E2A27 #279E2A

tetradic

#2A279E #9E275F #9B9E27 #279E65

square

#2A279E #9E275F #9B9E27 #279E65

split-complementary

#2A279E #9E6527 #5F9E27

monochromatic

#100F3C #1D1B6D #2A279E #3935CD #6966D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#2A279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#2A279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A279E

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A279E	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.184 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7663bc',
    500: '#2a279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a279e;
$custom-light: #7663bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.513,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3709,
    "c": 0.18375,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A279E

secondary

#BDBF62

accent

#E444E0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A279E

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

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