#2A438E#2A438E

#2A438E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.128 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A438E
RGB	rgb(42, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(225, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(225, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 17.07, -44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 47.66, 290.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% -0.0072 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.128 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8428, 6.4588, 26.4193)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A438E #8E752A

analogous

#2A758E #2A438E #432A8E

triadic

#2A438E #8E2A43 #438E2A

tetradic

#2A438E #8E2A75 #8E752A #2A8E43

square

#2A438E #8E2A75 #8E752A #2A8E43

split-complementary

#2A438E #8E432A #758E2A

monochromatic

#0E1630 #1C2D5F #2A438E #3859BD #627ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#2A438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2A438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A438E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A438E	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.128 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7076b0',
    500: '#2a438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a438e;
$custom-light: #7076b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40741,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A438E

secondary

#B6A05D

accent

#B94ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A438E

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

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