#2A497A#2A497A

#2A497A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.091 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A497A
RGB	rgb(42, 73, 122)
HSL	hsl(217, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(217, 66%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 40.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 5.37, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 31.79, 279.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% -0.017 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.091 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8490, 6.6618, 19.3335)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A497A #7A5B2A

analogous

#2A717A #2A497A #332A7A

triadic

#2A497A #7A2A49 #497A2A

tetradic

#2A497A #7A2A71 #7A5B2A #2A7A33

square

#2A497A #7A2A71 #7A5B2A #2A7A33

split-complementary

#2A497A #7A332A #717A2A

monochromatic

#0B131F #1A2E4C #2A497A #3A64A8 #5983C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#2A497A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#2A497A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A497A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A497A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A497A	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#344D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#284679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a497a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 73, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.091 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7ba1',
    500: '#2a497a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a497a;
$custom-light: #6c7ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a497a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.75,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40691,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A497A

secondary

#AB8A55

accent

#A34FD8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEDF2

border

#C7C8CC

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A497A

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

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