#2A489B#2A489B

#2A489B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.140 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A489B
RGB	rgb(42, 72, 155)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(224, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 53.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.90, 18.67, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.90, 52.07, 291.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% -0.0104 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.14 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1865, 7.4926, 31.9661)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A489B #9B7D2A

analogous

#2A809B #2A489B #442A9B

triadic

#2A489B #9B2A48 #489B2A

tetradic

#2A489B #9B2A80 #9B7D2A #2A9B44

square

#2A489B #9B2A80 #9B7D2A #2A9B44

split-complementary

#2A489B #9B442A #809B2A

monochromatic

#101B3B #1D326B #2A489B #395FC9 #6986D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#2A489B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#2A489B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A489B

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A489B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A489B	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F539E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a489b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 72, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.140 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737ab9',
    500: '#2a489b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a489b;
$custom-light: #737ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a489b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.071,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42831,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A489B

secondary

#BDA564

accent

#B847E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A489B

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

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