#2A38A7#2A38A7

#2A38A7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.177 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A38A7
RGB	rgb(42, 56, 167)
HSL	hsl(233, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(233, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.69, 33.82, -61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.69, 69.83, 298.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0016 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.177 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3417, 6.1096, 37.2387)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A38A7 #A7992A

analogous

#2A76A7 #2A38A7 #5A2AA7

triadic

#2A38A7 #A72A38 #38A72A

tetradic

#2A38A7 #A72A76 #A7992A #2AA75A

square

#2A38A7 #A72A76 #A7992A #2AA75A

split-complementary

#2A38A7 #A75A2A #76A72A

monochromatic

#111745 #1E2876 #2A38A7 #3F4FCF #707CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#2A38A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#2A38A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A38A7

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A38A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A38A7	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a38a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 56, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.177 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776ec2',
    500: '#2a38a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a38a7;
$custom-light: #776ec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a38a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.28,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40744,
    "c": 0.17669,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A38A7

secondary

#C2B86B

accent

#D145E3

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEECF8

border

#C9C7D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A38A7

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

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