#2A4A97#2A4A97

#2A4A97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.132 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4A97
RGB	rgb(42, 74, 151)
HSL	hsl(222, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(222, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 51%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 15.79, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 48.38, 289.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% -0.0126 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.132 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9876, 7.6232, 30.2699)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4A97 #97772A

analogous

#2A8197 #2A4A97 #402A97

triadic

#2A4A97 #972A4A #4A972A

tetradic

#2A4A97 #972A81 #97772A #2A9740

square

#2A4A97 #972A81 #97772A #2A9740

split-complementary

#2A4A97 #97402A #81972A

monochromatic

#0F1B37 #1D3367 #2A4A97 #3761C7 #6787D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#2A4A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#2A4A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4A97

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4A97	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)

#1D539A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 74, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.132 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727cb6',
    500: '#2a4a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4a97;
$custom-light: #727cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.385,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42954,
    "c": 0.13193,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4A97

secondary

#BBA162

accent

#B348E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4A97

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

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