#2A42AD#2A42AD

#2A42AD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.173 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A42AD
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 173)
HSL	hsl(229, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(229, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.71, 29.52, -59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.71, 66.63, 296.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% -0.0051 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.173 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4433, 7.4047, 40.4059)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A42AD #AD952A

analogous

#2A83AD #2A42AD #542AAD

triadic

#2A42AD #AD2A42 #42AD2A

tetradic

#2A42AD #AD2A83 #AD952A #2AAD54

square

#2A42AD #AD2A83 #AD952A #2AAD54

split-complementary

#2A42AD #AD542A #83AD2A

monochromatic

#121C4B #1E2F7C #2A42AD #435DD1 #7487DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#2A42AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#2A42AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A42AD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A42AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A42AD	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a42ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.173 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7876c6',
    500: '#2a42ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a42ad;
$custom-light: #7876c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a42ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.008,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43133,
    "c": 0.1727,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A42AD

secondary

#C5B56E

accent

#C744E4

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A42AD

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

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