#2A35A4#2A35A4

#2A35A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.176 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A35A4
RGB	rgb(42, 53, 164)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 67.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 34.65, -60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 70.09, 299.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.93% 0.0037 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(39.93% 0.176 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9265, 5.7179, 35.7480)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A35A4 #A4992A

analogous

#2A72A4 #2A35A4 #5C2AA4

triadic

#2A35A4 #A42A35 #35A42A

tetradic

#2A35A4 #A42A72 #A4992A #2AA45C

square

#2A35A4 #A42A72 #A4992A #2AA45C

split-complementary

#2A35A4 #A45C2A #72A42A

monochromatic

#111643 #1E2573 #2A35A4 #3E4BCD #6E78DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#2A35A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#2A35A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A35A4

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A35A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A35A4	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a35a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 53, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.176 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776cc0',
    500: '#2a35a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a35a4;
$custom-light: #776cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a35a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.59,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39932,
    "c": 0.17623,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A35A4

secondary

#C1B969

accent

#D445E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A35A4

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

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