#2A4498#2A4498

#2A4498 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.141 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4498
RGB	rgb(42, 68, 152)
HSL	hsl(226, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(226, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 55.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 20.22, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 52.97, 292.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% -0.0072 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.141 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6875, 6.8926, 30.5722)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4498 #987E2A

analogous

#2A7B98 #2A4498 #472A98

triadic

#2A4498 #982A44 #44982A

tetradic

#2A4498 #982A7B #987E2A #2A9847

square

#2A4498 #982A7B #987E2A #2A9847

split-complementary

#2A4498 #98472A #7B982A

monochromatic

#101938 #1D2F68 #2A4498 #375AC8 #6781D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#2A4498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#2A4498 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4498

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4498	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 68, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.141 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7377b7',
    500: '#2a4498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4498;
$custom-light: #7377b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.818,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41746,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4498

secondary

#BBA662

accent

#BC48E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4498

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

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