#2A2A8E#2A2A8E

#2A2A8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.160 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2A8E
RGB	rgb(42, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(240, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(240, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 33.75, -55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 64.66, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0133 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.16 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6637, 4.1005, 26.0263)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2A8E #8E8E2A

analogous

#2A5C8E #2A2A8E #5C2A8E

triadic

#2A2A8E #8E2A2A #2A8E2A

tetradic

#2A2A8E #8E2A5C #8E8E2A #2A8E5C

square

#2A2A8E #8E2A5C #8E8E2A #2A8E5C

split-complementary

#2A2A8E #8E5C2A #5C8E2A

monochromatic

#0E0E30 #1C1C5F #2A2A8E #3838BD #6262D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#2A2A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#2A2A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2A8E

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2A8E	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.160 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7264b0',
    500: '#2a2a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2a8e;
$custom-light: #7264b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35894,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2A8E

secondary

#B6B65D

accent

#DE4ADE

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2A8E

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

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