#2A408E#2A408E

#2A408E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.132 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A408E
RGB	rgb(42, 64, 142)
HSL	hsl(227, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 54.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.69, 19.11, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.69, 49.70, 292.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% -0.0045 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.132 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6690, 6.1113, 26.3614)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A408E #8E782A

analogous

#2A728E #2A408E #462A8E

triadic

#2A408E #8E2A40 #408E2A

tetradic

#2A408E #8E2A72 #8E782A #2A8E46

square

#2A408E #8E2A72 #8E782A #2A8E46

split-complementary

#2A408E #8E462A #728E2A

monochromatic

#0E1530 #1C2B5F #2A408E #3855BD #627AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#2A408E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#2A408E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A408E

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A408E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A408E	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)

#074B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a408e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 64, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.132 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7074b0',
    500: '#2a408e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a408e;
$custom-light: #7074b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a408e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40098,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A408E

secondary

#B6A35D

accent

#BD4ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A408E

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

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