#2A43AD#2A43AD

#2A43AD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.171 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A43AD
RGB	rgb(42, 67, 173)
HSL	hsl(229, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(229, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 28.86, -59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 65.97, 295.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% -0.0058 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.171 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5022, 7.5225, 40.4256)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A43AD #AD942A

analogous

#2A84AD #2A43AD #532AAD

triadic

#2A43AD #AD2A43 #43AD2A

tetradic

#2A43AD #AD2A84 #AD942A #2AAD53

square

#2A43AD #AD2A84 #AD942A #2AAD53

split-complementary

#2A43AD #AD532A #84AD2A

monochromatic

#121D4B #1E307C #2A43AD #435ED1 #7488DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#2A43AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#2A43AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A43AD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A43AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A43AD	1.00	8.38	2.50	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a43ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 67, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.171 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7876c6',
    500: '#2a43ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a43ad;
$custom-light: #7876c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a43ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.55,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43323,
    "c": 0.17148,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A43AD

secondary

#C5B46E

accent

#C544E4

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A43AD

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

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