#2A4AA5#2A4AA5

#2A4AA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.152 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4AA5
RGB	rgb(42, 74, 165)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(224, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 55.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.20, 21.17, -52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.20, 56.63, 291.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% -0.0112 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.152 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1928, 8.1053, 36.6173)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4AA5 #A5852A

analogous

#2A87A5 #2A4AA5 #472AA5

triadic

#2A4AA5 #A52A4A #4AA52A

tetradic

#2A4AA5 #A52A87 #A5852A #2AA547

square

#2A4AA5 #A52A87 #A5852A #2AA547

split-complementary

#2A4AA5 #A5472A #87A52A

monochromatic

#111E43 #1E3474 #2A4AA5 #3E64CE #6F8BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#2A4AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#2A4AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4AA5

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4AA5	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 74, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.152 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757cc0',
    500: '#2a4aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4aa5;
$custom-light: #757cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.39,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44047,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4AA5

secondary

#C1AA69

accent

#BA45E3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4AA5

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

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