#2A40AA#2A40AA

#2A40AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.171 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A40AA
RGB	rgb(42, 64, 170)
HSL	hsl(230, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(230, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 29.71, -59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 66.24, 296.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% -0.0037 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.171 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0414, 7.0602, 38.8560)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A40AA #AA942A

analogous

#2A80AA #2A40AA #542AAA

triadic

#2A40AA #AA2A40 #40AA2A

tetradic

#2A40AA #AA2A80 #AA942A #2AAA54

square

#2A40AA #AA2A80 #AA942A #2AAA54

split-complementary

#2A40AA #AA542A #80AA2A

monochromatic

#121B48 #1E2E79 #2A40AA #415AD0 #7284DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#2A40AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#2A40AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A40AA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A40AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A40AA	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a40aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 64, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.171 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7774c4',
    500: '#2a40aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a40aa;
$custom-light: #7774c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a40aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.688,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42485,
    "c": 0.17111,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A40AA

secondary

#C3B46C

accent

#C844E4

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A40AA

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

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