#2A4299#2A4299

#2A4299 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.145 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4299
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 153)
HSL	hsl(227, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(227, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 56.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 21.96, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 54.92, 293.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.41% -0.0055 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(41.41% 0.145 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6508, 6.6877, 30.9658)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4299 #99812A

analogous

#2A7999 #2A4299 #492A99

triadic

#2A4299 #992A42 #42992A

tetradic

#2A4299 #992A79 #99812A #2A9949

square

#2A4299 #992A79 #99812A #2A9949

split-complementary

#2A4299 #99492A #79992A

monochromatic

#101939 #1D2D69 #2A4299 #3857C8 #6880D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#2A4299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#2A4299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4299

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4299	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.145 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7376b8',
    500: '#2a4299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4299;
$custom-light: #7376b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.027,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41412,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4299

secondary

#BCA963

accent

#BF48E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4299

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

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