#2A408C#2A408C

#2A408C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.129 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A408C
RGB	rgb(42, 64, 140)
HSL	hsl(227, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 54.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 18.35, -44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 48.49, 292.23°)
OKLab	oklab(39.94% -0.0046 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(39.94% 0.129 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5202, 6.0518, 25.5776)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A408C #8C762A

analogous

#2A718C #2A408C #452A8C

triadic

#2A408C #8C2A40 #408C2A

tetradic

#2A408C #8C2A71 #8C762A #2A8C45

square

#2A408C #8C2A71 #8C762A #2A8C45

split-complementary

#2A408C #8C452A #718C2A

monochromatic

#0E152E #1C2A5D #2A408C #3856BB #617AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#2A408C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#2A408C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A408C

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A408C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A408C	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C4A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a408c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 64, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.129 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7074ae',
    500: '#2a408c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a408c;
$custom-light: #7074ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a408c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.531,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39938,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A408C

secondary

#B5A15C

accent

#BC4BDD

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A408C

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

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