#2A408F#2A408F

#2A408F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.133 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A408F
RGB	rgb(42, 64, 143)
HSL	hsl(227, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 55.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 19.50, -46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 50.30, 292.80°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% -0.0044 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.133 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7445, 6.1414, 26.7586)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A408F #8F792A

analogous

#2A738F #2A408F #472A8F

triadic

#2A408F #8F2A40 #408F2A

tetradic

#2A408F #8F2A73 #8F792A #2A8F47

square

#2A408F #8F2A73 #8F792A #2A8F47

split-complementary

#2A408F #8F472A #738F2A

monochromatic

#0E1630 #1C2B60 #2A408F #3855BE #627AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#2A408F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#2A408F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A408F

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A408F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A408F	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#044B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a408f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 64, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.133 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7174b0',
    500: '#2a408f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a408f;
$custom-light: #7174b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a408f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.931,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40178,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A408F

secondary

#B7A45E

accent

#BE4ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A408F

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

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