#2A4790#2A4790

#2A4790 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.126 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4790
RGB	rgb(42, 71, 144)
HSL	hsl(223, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(223, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 50.7%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 15.12, -43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 46.19, 289.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% -0.0107 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.126 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2404, 7.0115, 27.2992)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4790 #90732A

analogous

#2A7A90 #2A4790 #402A90

triadic

#2A4790 #902A47 #47902A

tetradic

#2A4790 #902A7A #90732A #2A9040

square

#2A4790 #902A7A #90732A #2A9040

split-complementary

#2A4790 #90402A #7A902A

monochromatic

#0E1831 #1C3061 #2A4790 #385EBF #6382D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#2A4790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#2A4790 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4790

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4790	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E5093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 71, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.126 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7179b1',
    500: '#2a4790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4790;
$custom-light: #7179b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.941,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41768,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4790

secondary

#B79E5E

accent

#B44ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4790

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

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