#2A4C99#2A4C99

#2A4C99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.132 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4C99
RGB	rgb(42, 76, 153)
HSL	hsl(222, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(222, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 50.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.90, 15.21, -45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.90, 48.25, 288.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% -0.0142 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.132 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2870, 7.9601, 31.1778)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4C99 #99772A

analogous

#2A8399 #2A4C99 #402A99

triadic

#2A4C99 #992A4C #4C992A

tetradic

#2A4C99 #992A83 #99772A #2A9940

square

#2A4C99 #992A83 #99772A #2A9940

split-complementary

#2A4C99 #99402A #83992A

monochromatic

#101C39 #1D3469 #2A4C99 #3864C8 #6889D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#2A4C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#2A4C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4C99

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4C99	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20559C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 76, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.132 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727db8',
    500: '#2a4c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4c99;
$custom-light: #727db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.622,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43543,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4C99

secondary

#BCA163

accent

#B148E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4C99

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

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