#2A4499#2A4499

#2A4499 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.143 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4499
RGB	rgb(42, 68, 153)
HSL	hsl(226, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(226, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 55.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 20.61, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 53.57, 292.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% -0.0072 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.143 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7697, 6.9255, 31.0054)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4499 #997F2A

analogous

#2A7B99 #2A4499 #472A99

triadic

#2A4499 #992A44 #44992A

tetradic

#2A4499 #992A7B #997F2A #2A9947

square

#2A4499 #992A7B #997F2A #2A9947

split-complementary

#2A4499 #99472A #7B992A

monochromatic

#101939 #1D2F69 #2A4499 #385AC8 #6882D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#2A4499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#2A4499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4499

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4499	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 68, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.143 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7377b8',
    500: '#2a4499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4499;
$custom-light: #7377b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.946,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41827,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4499

secondary

#BCA763

accent

#BC48E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4499

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

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