#2A429F#2A429F

#2A429F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A429F
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 159)
HSL	hsl(228, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(228, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 58.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 24.24, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 58.47, 294.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% -0.0052 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.154 268)
XYZ	xyz(9.1589, 6.8909, 33.6416)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A429F #9F872A

analogous

#2A7D9F #2A429F #4C2A9F

triadic

#2A429F #9F2A42 #429F2A

tetradic

#2A429F #9F2A7D #9F872A #2A9F4C

square

#2A429F #9F2A7D #9F872A #2A9F4C

split-complementary

#2A429F #9F4C2A #7D9F2A

monochromatic

#101A3E #1D2E6F #2A429F #3B59CB #6B82D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#2A429F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#2A429F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A429F

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A429F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A429F	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a429f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476bc',
    500: '#2a429f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a429f;
$custom-light: #7476bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a429f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.692,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41914,
    "c": 0.15356,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.06892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A429F

secondary

#BFAC66

accent

#C246E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A429F

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

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