#2A4AAE#2A4AAE

#2A4AAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.164 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4AAE
RGB	rgb(42, 74, 174)
HSL	hsl(225, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(225, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 57.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, 24.60, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 61.88, 293.43°)
OKLab	oklab(44.79% -0.0107 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(44.79% 0.164 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0409, 8.4446, 41.0843)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4AAE #AE8E2A

analogous

#2A8CAE #2A4AAE #4C2AAE

triadic

#2A4AAE #AE2A4A #4AAE2A

tetradic

#2A4AAE #AE2A8C #AE8E2A #2AAE4C

square

#2A4AAE #AE2A8C #AE8E2A #2AAE4C

split-complementary

#2A4AAE #AE4C2A #8CAE2A

monochromatic

#12204B #1E357D #2A4AAE #4366D2 #758EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#2A4AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#2A4AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4AAE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4AAE	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 74, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.164 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777cc7',
    500: '#2a4aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4aae;
$custom-light: #777cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44785,
    "c": 0.16417,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4AAE

secondary

#C5B06F

accent

#BD44E4

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4AAE

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

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