#2A4874#2A4874

#2A4874 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.083 H 257.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4874
RGB	rgb(42, 72, 116)
HSL	hsl(216, 47%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(216, 64%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 37.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, 3.80, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 28.87, 277.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% -0.0174 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.083 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4235, 6.3873, 17.4140)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4874 #74562A

analogous

#2A6D74 #2A4874 #312A74

triadic

#2A4874 #742A48 #48742A

tetradic

#2A4874 #742A6D #74562A #2A7431

square

#2A4874 #742A6D #74562A #2A7431

split-complementary

#2A4874 #74312A #6D742A

monochromatic

#09101A #1A2C47 #2A4874 #3A64A1 #5682C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#2A4874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#2A4874 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4874

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4874	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354B76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 72, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.083 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7a9c',
    500: '#2a4874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4874;
$custom-light: #6b7a9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.676,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4007,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4874

secondary

#A68554

accent

#A051D6

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEDF2

border

#C7C8CC

text

#07090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4874

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

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