#2A438F#2A438F

#2A438F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.129 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A438F
RGB	rgb(42, 67, 143)
HSL	hsl(225, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(225, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 53.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 17.45, -45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 48.26, 291.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% -0.0071 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.129 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9182, 6.4889, 26.8165)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A438F #8F762A

analogous

#2A768F #2A438F #442A8F

triadic

#2A438F #8F2A43 #438F2A

tetradic

#2A438F #8F2A76 #8F762A #2A8F44

square

#2A438F #8F2A76 #8F762A #2A8F44

split-complementary

#2A438F #8F442A #768F2A

monochromatic

#0E1730 #1C2D60 #2A438F #3859BE #627ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#2A438F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#2A438F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A438F

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A438F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A438F	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a438f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 67, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.129 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7176b0',
    500: '#2a438f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a438f;
$custom-light: #7176b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a438f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.149,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40819,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A438F

secondary

#B7A15E

accent

#B94ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A438F

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

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