#2A42C5#2A42C5

#2A42C5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.204 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A42C5
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(231, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(231, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.84, 38.33, -70.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.84, 80.17, 298.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.35% -0.006 -0.2039)
OKLCH	oklch(45.35% 0.204 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.9776, 8.4184, 53.7534)
Luminance	0.0842 (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

#2A42C5 #C5AD2A

analogous

#2A90C5 #2A42C5 #602AC5

triadic

#2A42C5 #C52A42 #42C52A

tetradic

#2A42C5 #C52A90 #C5AD2A #2AC560

square

#2A42C5 #C52A90 #C5AD2A #2AC560

split-complementary

#2A42C5 #C5602A #90C52A

monochromatic

#142060 #1F3193 #2A42C5 #5267DA #8593E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#2A42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#2A42C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A42C5

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A42C5	1.00	7.82	2.68	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.204 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d76d8',
    500: '#2a42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a42c5;
$custom-light: #7d76d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.71,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45351,
    "c": 0.20396,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A42C5

secondary

#CEC17D

accent

#CE40E8

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0C0815

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A42C5

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

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