#2A429D#2A429D

#2A429D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.151 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A429D
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 157)
HSL	hsl(227, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(227, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 58%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 23.48, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 57.29, 294.20°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% -0.0053 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.151 268)
XYZ	xyz(8.9868, 6.8221, 32.7349)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A429D #9D852A

analogous

#2A7C9D #2A429D #4C2A9D

triadic

#2A429D #9D2A42 #429D2A

tetradic

#2A429D #9D2A7C #9D852A #2A9D4C

square

#2A429D #9D2A7C #9D852A #2A9D4C

split-complementary

#2A429D #9D4C2A #7C9D2A

monochromatic

#10193C #1D2E6D #2A429D #3A58CA #6A81D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#2A429D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#2A429D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A429D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A429D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A429D	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a429d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.151 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476bb',
    500: '#2a429d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a429d;
$custom-light: #7476bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a429d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.478,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41745,
    "c": 0.15076,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.06823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A429D

secondary

#BEAB65

accent

#C147E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A429D

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

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