#2A3597#2A3597

#2A3597 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.159 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A3597
RGB	rgb(42, 53, 151)
HSL	hsl(234, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(234, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, 29.91, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 62.58, 298.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0047 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.159 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8120, 5.2720, 29.8781)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A3597 #978C2A

analogous

#2A6B97 #2A3597 #552A97

triadic

#2A3597 #972A35 #35972A

tetradic

#2A3597 #972A6B #978C2A #2A9755

square

#2A3597 #972A6B #978C2A #2A9755

split-complementary

#2A3597 #97552A #6B972A

monochromatic

#0F1337 #1D2467 #2A3597 #3746C7 #6772D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#2A3597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#2A3597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A3597

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A3597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A3597	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a3597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 53, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.159 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736cb6',
    500: '#2a3597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a3597;
$custom-light: #736cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a3597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.945,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38694,
    "c": 0.15884,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A3597

secondary

#BBB262

accent

#D048E0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A3597

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

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