#2A497B#2A497B

#2A497B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.092 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A497B
RGB	rgb(42, 73, 123)
HSL	hsl(217, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(217, 66%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 40.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 5.75, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 32.38, 280.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% -0.0167 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.092 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9113, 6.6867, 19.6615)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A497B #7B5C2A

analogous

#2A727B #2A497B #332A7B

triadic

#2A497B #7B2A49 #497B2A

tetradic

#2A497B #7B2A72 #7B5C2A #2A7B33

square

#2A497B #7B2A72 #7B5C2A #2A7B33

split-complementary

#2A497B #7B332A #727B2A

monochromatic

#0B1320 #1A2E4D #2A497B #3A64A9 #5983C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#2A497B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#2A497B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A497B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A497B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A497B	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#334D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00545C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a497b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 73, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.092 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7ba1',
    500: '#2a497b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a497b;
$custom-light: #6c7ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a497b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.037,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40756,
    "c": 0.09214,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A497B

secondary

#AC8B55

accent

#A44FD9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEDF2

border

#C7C8CC

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A497B

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

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