#2A35A3#2A35A3

#2A35A3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.175 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A35A3
RGB	rgb(42, 53, 163)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 67.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.60, 34.29, -60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.60, 69.52, 299.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% 0.0038 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.175 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8366, 5.6819, 35.2742)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A35A3 #A3982A

analogous

#2A72A3 #2A35A3 #5B2AA3

triadic

#2A35A3 #A32A35 #35A32A

tetradic

#2A35A3 #A32A72 #A3982A #2AA35B

square

#2A35A3 #A32A72 #A3982A #2AA35B

split-complementary

#2A35A3 #A35B2A #72A32A

monochromatic

#111542 #1D2572 #2A35A3 #3D4ACD #6E78DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#2A35A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#2A35A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A35A3

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A35A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A35A3	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a35a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 53, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.175 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766cbf',
    500: '#2a35a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a35a3;
$custom-light: #766cbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a35a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39835,
    "c": 0.17492,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A35A3

secondary

#C0B868

accent

#D446E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A35A3

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

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