#2A42C2#2A42C2

#2A42C2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.200 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A42C2
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(231, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(231, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.56, 37.25, -69.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.56, 78.51, 298.32°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% -0.0058 -0.2001)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.2 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6373, 8.2823, 51.9611)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A42C2 #C2AA2A

analogous

#2A8EC2 #2A42C2 #5E2AC2

triadic

#2A42C2 #C22A42 #42C22A

tetradic

#2A42C2 #C22A8E #C2AA2A #2AC25E

square

#2A42C2 #C22A8E #C2AA2A #2AC25E

split-complementary

#2A42C2 #C25E2A #8EC22A

monochromatic

#14205D #1F3190 #2A42C2 #5066D9 #8292E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#2A42C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#2A42C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A42C2

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A42C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A42C2	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a42c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.200 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d76d6',
    500: '#2a42c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a42c2;
$custom-light: #7d76d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a42c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45066,
    "c": 0.20015,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A42C2

secondary

#CDC07B

accent

#CD40E7

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0B0814

muted

#7C7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A42C2

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

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