#2A4B95#2A4B95

#2A4B95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.128 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4B95
RGB	rgb(42, 75, 149)
HSL	hsl(221, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(221, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 49.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 14.34, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 46.54, 287.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% -0.0138 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.128 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8938, 7.6934, 29.4442)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4B95 #95742A

analogous

#2A8195 #2A4B95 #3E2A95

triadic

#2A4B95 #952A4B #4B952A

tetradic

#2A4B95 #952A81 #95742A #2A953E

square

#2A4B95 #952A81 #95742A #2A953E

split-complementary

#2A4B95 #953E2A #81952A

monochromatic

#0F1B36 #1D3365 #2A4B95 #3763C5 #6688D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#2A4B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#2A4B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4B95

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4B95	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 75, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.128 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717cb5',
    500: '#2a4b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4b95;
$custom-light: #717cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.495,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43025,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4B95

secondary

#BA9E61

accent

#B148DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4B95

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

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