#2A42AA#2A42AA

#2A42AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.169 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A42AA
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 170)
HSL	hsl(229, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(229, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 61.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 28.39, -58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 64.90, 295.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% -0.0051 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.169 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1562, 7.2899, 38.8942)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A42AA #AA922A

analogous

#2A82AA #2A42AA #522AAA

triadic

#2A42AA #AA2A42 #42AA2A

tetradic

#2A42AA #AA2A82 #AA922A #2AAA52

square

#2A42AA #AA2A82 #AA922A #2AAA52

split-complementary

#2A42AA #AA522A #82AA2A

monochromatic

#121C48 #1E2F79 #2A42AA #415CD0 #7286DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#2A42AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#2A42AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A42AA

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A42AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A42AA	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a42aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.169 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776c4',
    500: '#2a42aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a42aa;
$custom-light: #7776c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a42aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42866,
    "c": 0.16866,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A42AA

secondary

#C3B36C

accent

#C644E4

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A42AA

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

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