#2A4496#2A4496

#2A4496 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.138 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4496
RGB	rgb(42, 68, 150)
HSL	hsl(226, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(226, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 54.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 19.46, -47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 51.78, 292.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% -0.0074 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.138 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5251, 6.8276, 29.7168)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4496 #967C2A

analogous

#2A7A96 #2A4496 #462A96

triadic

#2A4496 #962A44 #44962A

tetradic

#2A4496 #962A7A #967C2A #2A9646

square

#2A4496 #962A7A #967C2A #2A9646

split-complementary

#2A4496 #96462A #7A962A

monochromatic

#0F1936 #1D2E66 #2A4496 #375AC6 #6681D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#2A4496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#2A4496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4496

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4496	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#064F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 68, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.138 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7277b5',
    500: '#2a4496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4496;
$custom-light: #7277b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.556,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41585,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4496

secondary

#BAA561

accent

#BB48E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4496

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

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