#2A438A#2A438A

#2A438A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.122 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A438A
RGB	rgb(42, 67, 138)
HSL	hsl(224, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(224, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 51.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 15.53, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 45.25, 290.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% -0.0077 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.122 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5479, 6.3408, 24.8659)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A438A #8A712A

analogous

#2A738A #2A438A #412A8A

triadic

#2A438A #8A2A43 #438A2A

tetradic

#2A438A #8A2A73 #8A712A #2A8A41

square

#2A438A #8A2A73 #8A712A #2A8A41

split-complementary

#2A438A #8A412A #738A2A

monochromatic

#0D152C #1C2C5B #2A438A #385AB9 #607DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#2A438A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#2A438A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A438A

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A438A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A438A	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a438a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 67, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.122 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f76ad',
    500: '#2a438a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a438a;
$custom-light: #6f76ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a438a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.375,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40433,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A438A

secondary

#B49D5B

accent

#B74BDD

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A438A

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

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