#2A35A5#2A35A5

#2A35A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.178 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A35A5
RGB	rgb(42, 53, 165)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(235, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 67.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, 35.01, -61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 70.66, 299.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% 0.0036 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.178 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0172, 5.7541, 36.2254)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A35A5 #A59A2A

analogous

#2A72A5 #2A35A5 #5C2AA5

triadic

#2A35A5 #A52A35 #35A52A

tetradic

#2A35A5 #A52A72 #A59A2A #2AA55C

square

#2A35A5 #A52A72 #A59A2A #2AA55C

split-complementary

#2A35A5 #A55C2A #72A52A

monochromatic

#111643 #1E2574 #2A35A5 #3E4BCE #6F79DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#2A35A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#2A35A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A35A5

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A35A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A35A5	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a35a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 53, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.178 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776cc1',
    500: '#2a35a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a35a5;
$custom-light: #776cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a35a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.634,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40029,
    "c": 0.17755,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A35A5

secondary

#C1B969

accent

#D545E3

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A35A5

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

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