#2A499B#2A499B

#2A499B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.139 H 265.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A499B
RGB	rgb(42, 73, 155)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(224, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 52.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 18.00, -48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 51.41, 290.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% -0.0113 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.139 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2517, 7.6229, 31.9878)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A499B #9B7C2A

analogous

#2A819B #2A499B #432A9B

triadic

#2A499B #9B2A49 #499B2A

tetradic

#2A499B #9B2A81 #9B7C2A #2A9B43

square

#2A499B #9B2A81 #9B7C2A #2A9B43

split-complementary

#2A499B #9B432A #819B2A

monochromatic

#101C3B #1D326B #2A499B #3961C9 #6987D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#2A499B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#2A499B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A499B

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A499B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A499B	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13539E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a499b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 73, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.139 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bb9',
    500: '#2a499b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a499b;
$custom-light: #737bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a499b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.54,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43044,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A499B

secondary

#BDA464

accent

#B747E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A499B

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

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