#2A4399#2A4399

#2A4399 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.144 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4399
RGB	rgb(42, 67, 153)
HSL	hsl(226, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(226, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 56.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 21.28, -49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 54.24, 293.10°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% -0.0063 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.144 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7098, 6.8056, 30.9854)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4399 #99802A

analogous

#2A7A99 #2A4399 #482A99

triadic

#2A4399 #992A43 #43992A

tetradic

#2A4399 #992A7A #99802A #2A9948

square

#2A4399 #992A7A #99802A #2A9948

split-complementary

#2A4399 #99482A #7A992A

monochromatic

#101939 #1D2E69 #2A4399 #3858C8 #6881D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#2A4399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#2A4399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4399

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4399	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 67, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.144 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7376b8',
    500: '#2a4399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4399;
$custom-light: #7376b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.486,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41618,
    "c": 0.14384,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4399

secondary

#BCA863

accent

#BE48E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4399

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

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