#2A408D#2A408D

#2A408D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.131 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A408D
RGB	rgb(42, 64, 141)
HSL	hsl(227, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 54.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 18.73, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 49.09, 292.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% -0.0045 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.131 268)
XYZ	xyz(7.5943, 6.0814, 25.9677)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A408D #8D772A

analogous

#2A718D #2A408D #462A8D

triadic

#2A408D #8D2A40 #408D2A

tetradic

#2A408D #8D2A71 #8D772A #2A8D46

square

#2A408D #8D2A71 #8D772A #2A8D46

split-complementary

#2A408D #8D462A #718D2A

monochromatic

#0E152F #1C2B5E #2A408D #3855BC #617AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#2A408D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#2A408D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A408D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A408D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A408D	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A4A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a408d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 64, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.131 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7074af',
    500: '#2a408d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a408d;
$custom-light: #7074af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a408d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40018,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.06082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A408D

secondary

#B6A25D

accent

#BD4ADD

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A408D

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

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