#2A4878#2A4878

#2A4878 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.089 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4878
RGB	rgb(42, 72, 120)
HSL	hsl(217, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 40%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 5.29, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 31.21, 279.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% -0.0163 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.089 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6612, 6.4824, 18.6659)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4878 #785A2A

analogous

#2A6F78 #2A4878 #332A78

triadic

#2A4878 #782A48 #48782A

tetradic

#2A4878 #782A6F #785A2A #2A7833

square

#2A4878 #782A6F #785A2A #2A7833

split-complementary

#2A4878 #78332A #6F782A

monochromatic

#0A121D #1A2D4B #2A4878 #3A63A5 #5882C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#2A4878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#2A4878 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4878

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4878	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#334C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#284577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 72, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.089 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7a9f',
    500: '#2a4878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4878;
$custom-light: #6c7a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40323,
    "c": 0.0889,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4878

secondary

#AA8954

accent

#A450D8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEDF2

border

#C7C8CC

text

#07090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4878

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

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