#2A40AE#2A40AE

#2A40AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.176 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A40AE
RGB	rgb(42, 64, 174)
HSL	hsl(230, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(230, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 31.20, -61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 68.54, 297.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% -0.0038 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.176 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4256, 7.2139, 40.8792)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A40AE #AE982A

analogous

#2A82AE #2A40AE #562AAE

triadic

#2A40AE #AE2A40 #40AE2A

tetradic

#2A40AE #AE2A82 #AE982A #2AAE56

square

#2A40AE #AE2A82 #AE982A #2AAE56

split-complementary

#2A40AE #AE562A #82AE2A

monochromatic

#121C4B #1E2E7D #2A40AE #435BD2 #7586DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#2A40AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#2A40AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A40AE

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A40AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A40AE	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a40ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 64, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.176 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7874c7',
    500: '#2a40ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a40ae;
$custom-light: #7874c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a40ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42847,
    "c": 0.17646,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A40AE

secondary

#C5B76F

accent

#C944E4

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A40AE

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

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