#2A35AE#2A35AE

#2A35AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.189 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A35AE
RGB	rgb(42, 53, 174)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(235, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 69.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.65, 38.22, -65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.65, 75.72, 300.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0027 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.189 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8653, 6.0934, 40.6924)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A35AE #AEA32A

analogous

#2A77AE #2A35AE #612AAE

triadic

#2A35AE #AE2A35 #35AE2A

tetradic

#2A35AE #AE2A77 #AEA32A #2AAE61

square

#2A35AE #AE2A77 #AEA32A #2AAE61

split-complementary

#2A35AE #AE612A #77AE2A

monochromatic

#12174B #1E267D #2A35AE #434FD2 #757EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#2A35AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#2A35AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A35AE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A35AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A35AE	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a35ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 53, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.189 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc7',
    500: '#2a35ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a35ae;
$custom-light: #796dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a35ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40917,
    "c": 0.18918,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A35AE

secondary

#C5BE6F

accent

#D744E4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A35AE

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

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