#2A4AA4#2A4AA4

#2A4AA4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.150 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4AA4
RGB	rgb(42, 74, 164)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(224, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 54.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.13, 20.78, -52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.13, 56.05, 291.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% -0.0113 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.15 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1021, 8.0690, 36.1398)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4AA4 #A4842A

analogous

#2A87A4 #2A4AA4 #472AA4

triadic

#2A4AA4 #A42A4A #4AA42A

tetradic

#2A4AA4 #A42A87 #A4842A #2AA447

square

#2A4AA4 #A42A87 #A4842A #2AA447

split-complementary

#2A4AA4 #A4472A #87A42A

monochromatic

#111E43 #1E3473 #2A4AA4 #3E63CD #6E8BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#2A4AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#2A4AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4AA4

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4AA4	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 74, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.150 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757cc0',
    500: '#2a4aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4aa4;
$custom-light: #757cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.262,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43967,
    "c": 0.15035,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4AA4

secondary

#C1AA69

accent

#B945E2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4AA4

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

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