#2A38AC#2A38AC

#2A38AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.183 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A38AC
RGB	rgb(42, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(234, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(234, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.15, 35.63, -63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.15, 72.67, 299.36°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% 0.0012 -0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.183 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8129, 6.2981, 39.7202)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A38AC #AC9E2A

analogous

#2A79AC #2A38AC #5D2AAC

triadic

#2A38AC #AC2A38 #38AC2A

tetradic

#2A38AC #AC2A79 #AC9E2A #2AAC5D

square

#2A38AC #AC2A79 #AC9E2A #2AAC5D

split-complementary

#2A38AC #AC5D2A #79AC2A

monochromatic

#12184A #1E287B #2A38AC #4252D1 #737FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#2A38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#2A38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A38AC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A38AC	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.183 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786fc6',
    500: '#2a38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a38ac;
$custom-light: #786fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41226,
    "c": 0.18322,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A38AC

secondary

#C4BB6D

accent

#D344E4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A38AC

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

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