#2A4AA0#2A4AA0

#2A4AA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.145 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4AA0
RGB	rgb(42, 74, 160)
HSL	hsl(224, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(224, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 53.7%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 19.25, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 53.70, 291.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% -0.0116 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.145 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7466, 7.9268, 34.2673)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4AA0 #A0802A

analogous

#2A85A0 #2A4AA0 #452AA0

triadic

#2A4AA0 #A02A4A #4AA02A

tetradic

#2A4AA0 #A02A85 #A0802A #2AA045

square

#2A4AA0 #A02A85 #A0802A #2AA045

split-complementary

#2A4AA0 #A0452A #85A02A

monochromatic

#111D3F #1D3470 #2A4AA0 #3C63CC #6C89D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#2A4AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#2A4AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4AA0

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4AA0	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C55A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 74, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.145 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747cbd',
    500: '#2a4aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4aa0;
$custom-light: #747cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.729,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43649,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4AA0

secondary

#BFA767

accent

#B746E2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4AA0

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

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