#2A38B5#2A38B5

#2A38B5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.195 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A38B5
RGB	rgb(42, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(234, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(234, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 69.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, 38.85, -67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 77.70, 300.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.0004 -0.1948)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.195 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7067, 6.6556, 44.4275)
Luminance	0.0666 (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

#2A38B5 #B5A72A

analogous

#2A7DB5 #2A38B5 #612AB5

triadic

#2A38B5 #B52A38 #38B52A

tetradic

#2A38B5 #B52A7D #B5A72A #2AB561

square

#2A38B5 #B52A7D #B5A72A #2AB561

split-complementary

#2A38B5 #B5612A #7DB52A

monochromatic

#131952 #1E2983 #2A38B5 #4856D4 #7984E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#2A38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#2A38B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A38B5

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A38B5	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.195 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6fcc',
    500: '#2a38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a38b5;
$custom-light: #7a6fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.957,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42108,
    "c": 0.19478,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A38B5

secondary

#C8BF73

accent

#D542E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A38B5

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

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