#2A4BA2#2A4BA2

#2A4BA2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.146 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4BA2
RGB	rgb(42, 75, 162)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(224, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 53.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.26, 19.34, -50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.26, 54.21, 290.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% -0.0123 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.146 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9902, 8.1320, 35.2185)
Luminance	0.0813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4BA2 #A2812A

analogous

#2A87A2 #2A4BA2 #452AA2

triadic

#2A4BA2 #A22A4B #4BA22A

tetradic

#2A4BA2 #A22A87 #A2812A #2AA245

square

#2A4BA2 #A22A87 #A2812A #2AA245

split-complementary

#2A4BA2 #A2452A #87A22A

monochromatic

#111E41 #1D3471 #2A4BA2 #3D64CD #6D8BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#2A4BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#2A4BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4BA2

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4BA2	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C56A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 75, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.146 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747cbe',
    500: '#2a4ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4ba2;
$custom-light: #747cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44018,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4BA2

secondary

#C0A868

accent

#B746E2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4BA2

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

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