#2A497E#2A497E

#2A497E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.097 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A497E
RGB	rgb(42, 73, 126)
HSL	hsl(218, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(218, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 42.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 6.88, -33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 34.15, 281.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% -0.016 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.097 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1020, 6.7630, 20.6657)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A497E #7E5F2A

analogous

#2A737E #2A497E #352A7E

triadic

#2A497E #7E2A49 #497E2A

tetradic

#2A497E #7E2A73 #7E5F2A #2A7E35

square

#2A497E #7E2A73 #7E5F2A #2A7E35

split-complementary

#2A497E #7E352A #737E2A

monochromatic

#0B1422 #1B2E50 #2A497E #3964AC #5A83C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#2A497E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#2A497E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A497E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A497E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A497E	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#314E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25467D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a497e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 73, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.097 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7ba4',
    500: '#2a497e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a497e;
$custom-light: #6d7ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a497e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40952,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A497E

secondary

#AE8D56

accent

#A64EDA

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A497E

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

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