#2A429C#2A429C

#2A429C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.149 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A429C
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 156)
HSL	hsl(227, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(227, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 57.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, 23.10, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 56.70, 294.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% -0.0053 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.149 268)
XYZ	xyz(8.9017, 6.7880, 32.2871)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A429C #9C842A

analogous

#2A7B9C #2A429C #4B2A9C

triadic

#2A429C #9C2A42 #429C2A

tetradic

#2A429C #9C2A7B #9C842A #2A9C4B

square

#2A429C #9C2A7B #9C842A #2A9C4B

split-complementary

#2A429C #9C4B2A #7B9C2A

monochromatic

#10193C #1D2E6C #2A429C #3958CA #6A81D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#2A429C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#2A429C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A429C

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A429C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A429C	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a429c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.149 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476ba',
    500: '#2a429c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a429c;
$custom-light: #7476ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a429c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41661,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.06789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A429C

secondary

#BDAB65

accent

#C047E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A429C

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

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