#2A499E#2A499E

#2A499E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.143 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A499E
RGB	rgb(42, 73, 158)
HSL	hsl(224, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(224, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 53.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 19.15, -49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 53.18, 291.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% -0.011 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.143 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5068, 7.7249, 33.3312)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A499E #9E7F2A

analogous

#2A839E #2A499E #452A9E

triadic

#2A499E #9E2A49 #499E2A

tetradic

#2A499E #9E2A83 #9E7F2A #2A9E45

square

#2A499E #9E2A83 #9E7F2A #2A9E45

split-complementary

#2A499E #9E452A #839E2A

monochromatic

#101C3D #1D336E #2A499E #3A61CB #6B88D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#2A499E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#2A499E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A499E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A499E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A499E	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C54A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a499e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 73, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.143 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747bbb',
    500: '#2a499e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a499e;
$custom-light: #747bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a499e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.966,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43279,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A499E

secondary

#BEA766

accent

#B847E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A499E

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

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