#2A438D#2A438D

#2A438D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.127 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A438D
RGB	rgb(42, 67, 141)
HSL	hsl(225, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(225, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 52.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 16.68, -44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 47.06, 290.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% -0.0073 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.127 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7681, 6.4289, 26.0257)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A438D #8D742A

analogous

#2A748D #2A438D #422A8D

triadic

#2A438D #8D2A43 #438D2A

tetradic

#2A438D #8D2A74 #8D742A #2A8D42

square

#2A438D #8D2A74 #8D742A #2A8D42

split-complementary

#2A438D #8D422A #748D2A

monochromatic

#0E162F #1C2D5E #2A438D #3859BC #617DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#2A438D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2A438D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A438D

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A438D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A438D	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a438d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 67, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.127 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7076af',
    500: '#2a438d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a438d;
$custom-light: #7076af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a438d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.848,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40663,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A438D

secondary

#B69F5D

accent

#B84ADD

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A438D

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

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