#2A499A#2A499A

#2A499A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.138 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A499A
RGB	rgb(42, 73, 154)
HSL	hsl(223, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(223, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 52.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 17.61, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 50.81, 290.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% -0.0114 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.138 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1681, 7.5895, 31.5473)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A499A #9A7B2A

analogous

#2A819A #2A499A #432A9A

triadic

#2A499A #9A2A49 #499A2A

tetradic

#2A499A #9A2A81 #9A7B2A #2A9A43

square

#2A499A #9A2A81 #9A7B2A #2A9A43

split-complementary

#2A499A #9A432A #819A2A

monochromatic

#101B3A #1D326A #2A499A #3860C9 #6887D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#2A499A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#2A499A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A499A

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A499A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A499A	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15539D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a499a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 73, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.138 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bb8',
    500: '#2a499a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a499a;
$custom-light: #737bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a499a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.393,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42967,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A499A

secondary

#BCA463

accent

#B647E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A499A

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

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