#2A499D#2A499D

#2A499D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.142 H 265.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A499D
RGB	rgb(42, 73, 157)
HSL	hsl(224, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(224, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 53.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, 18.77, -49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 52.59, 290.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% -0.0111 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.142 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4211, 7.6907, 32.8797)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A499D #9D7E2A

analogous

#2A839D #2A499D #452A9D

triadic

#2A499D #9D2A49 #499D2A

tetradic

#2A499D #9D2A83 #9D7E2A #2A9D45

square

#2A499D #9D2A83 #9D7E2A #2A9D45

split-complementary

#2A499D #9D452A #839D2A

monochromatic

#101C3C #1D336D #2A499D #3A61CA #6A88D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#2A499D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#2A499D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A499D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A499D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A499D	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E54A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a499d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 73, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.142 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bbb',
    500: '#2a499d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a499d;
$custom-light: #737bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a499d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.826,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43201,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A499D

secondary

#BEA665

accent

#B747E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A499D

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

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