#2A4BAD#2A4BAD

#2A4BAD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.162 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4BAD
RGB	rgb(42, 75, 173)
HSL	hsl(225, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(225, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 56.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.08, 23.56, -55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.08, 60.63, 292.86°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% -0.0115 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.162 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0111, 8.5403, 40.5952)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4BAD #AD8C2A

analogous

#2A8DAD #2A4BAD #4A2AAD

triadic

#2A4BAD #AD2A4B #4BAD2A

tetradic

#2A4BAD #AD2A8D #AD8C2A #2AAD4A

square

#2A4BAD #AD2A8D #AD8C2A #2AAD4A

split-complementary

#2A4BAD #AD4A2A #8DAD2A

monochromatic

#12204B #1E367C #2A4BAD #4367D1 #748FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#2A4BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#2A4BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4BAD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4BAD	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 75, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.162 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777cc6',
    500: '#2a4bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4bad;
$custom-light: #777cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.885,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44904,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4BAD

secondary

#C5AF6E

accent

#BC44E4

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4BAD

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

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