#2A4197#2A4197

#2A4197 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.144 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4197
RGB	rgb(42, 65, 151)
HSL	hsl(227, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(227, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 57%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, 21.87, -49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 54.41, 293.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% -0.0048 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.144 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4291, 6.5063, 30.0838)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4197 #97802A

analogous

#2A7897 #2A4197 #492A97

triadic

#2A4197 #972A41 #41972A

tetradic

#2A4197 #972A78 #97802A #2A9749

square

#2A4197 #972A78 #97802A #2A9749

split-complementary

#2A4197 #97492A #78972A

monochromatic

#0F1837 #1D2C67 #2A4197 #3756C7 #677ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#2A4197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#2A4197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4197

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4197	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 65, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.144 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7275b6',
    500: '#2a4197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4197;
$custom-light: #7275b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.339,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4104,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4197

secondary

#BBA862

accent

#C048E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4197

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

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