#2A438B#2A438B

#2A438B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.124 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A438B
RGB	rgb(42, 67, 139)
HSL	hsl(225, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(225, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 51.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 15.92, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 45.85, 290.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% -0.0076 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.124 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6206, 6.3699, 25.2490)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A438B #8B722A

analogous

#2A738B #2A438B #412A8B

triadic

#2A438B #8B2A43 #438B2A

tetradic

#2A438B #8B2A73 #8B722A #2A8B41

square

#2A438B #8B2A73 #8B722A #2A8B41

split-complementary

#2A438B #8B412A #738B2A

monochromatic

#0E162D #1C2C5C #2A438B #385ABA #607DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#2A438B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#2A438B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A438B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A438B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A438B	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a438b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 67, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.124 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7076ad',
    500: '#2a438b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a438b;
$custom-light: #7076ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a438b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.536,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40509,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A438B

secondary

#B59E5C

accent

#B74BDD

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A438B

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

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