#2A499C#2A499C

#2A499C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.140 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A499C
RGB	rgb(42, 73, 156)
HSL	hsl(224, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(224, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 53.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, 18.38, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 52.00, 290.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% -0.0112 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.14 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3360, 7.6566, 32.4319)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A499C #9C7D2A

analogous

#2A829C #2A499C #442A9C

triadic

#2A499C #9C2A49 #499C2A

tetradic

#2A499C #9C2A82 #9C7D2A #2A9C44

square

#2A499C #9C2A82 #9C7D2A #2A9C44

split-complementary

#2A499C #9C442A #829C2A

monochromatic

#101C3C #1D326C #2A499C #3961CA #6A87D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#2A499C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#2A499C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A499C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A499C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A499C	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11549F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a499c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 73, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.140 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bba',
    500: '#2a499c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a499c;
$custom-light: #737bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a499c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.684,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43122,
    "c": 0.14036,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A499C

secondary

#BDA565

accent

#B747E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A499C

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

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