#2A438C#2A438C

#2A438C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.125 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A438C
RGB	rgb(42, 67, 140)
HSL	hsl(225, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(225, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 52.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, 16.30, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 46.45, 290.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% -0.0074 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.125 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6940, 6.3992, 25.6356)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A438C #8C732A

analogous

#2A748C #2A438C #422A8C

triadic

#2A438C #8C2A43 #438C2A

tetradic

#2A438C #8C2A74 #8C732A #2A8C42

square

#2A438C #8C2A74 #8C732A #2A8C42

split-complementary

#2A438C #8C422A #748C2A

monochromatic

#0E162E #1C2C5D #2A438C #385ABB #617DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#2A438C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#2A438C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A438C

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A438C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A438C	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a438c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 67, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.125 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7076ae',
    500: '#2a438c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a438c;
$custom-light: #7076ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a438c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.694,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40586,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A438C

secondary

#B59F5C

accent

#B84BDD

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A438C

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

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