#2A429A#2A429A

#2A429A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.147 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A429A
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 154)
HSL	hsl(227, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(227, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 57.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 22.34, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 55.52, 293.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% -0.0054 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.147 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7338, 6.7209, 31.4026)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A429A #9A822A

analogous

#2A7A9A #2A429A #4A2A9A

triadic

#2A429A #9A2A42 #429A2A

tetradic

#2A429A #9A2A7A #9A822A #2A9A4A

square

#2A429A #9A2A7A #9A822A #2A9A4A

split-complementary

#2A429A #9A4A2A #7A9A2A

monochromatic

#10193A #1D2D6A #2A429A #3857C9 #6880D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#2A429A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#2A429A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A429A

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A429A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A429A	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a429a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.147 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7376b8',
    500: '#2a429a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a429a;
$custom-light: #7376b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a429a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41495,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A429A

secondary

#BCA963

accent

#C047E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A429A

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

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