#2A4CA5#2A4CA5

#2A4CA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.149 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4CA5
RGB	rgb(42, 76, 165)
HSL	hsl(223, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(223, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 53.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.76, 19.83, -51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.76, 55.31, 291.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% -0.0128 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.149 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3284, 8.3766, 36.6625)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4CA5 #A5832A

analogous

#2A89A5 #2A4CA5 #462AA5

triadic

#2A4CA5 #A52A4C #4CA52A

tetradic

#2A4CA5 #A52A89 #A5832A #2AA546

square

#2A4CA5 #A52A89 #A5832A #2AA546

split-complementary

#2A4CA5 #A5462A #89A52A

monochromatic

#111F43 #1E3674 #2A4CA5 #3E66CE #6F8DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#2A4CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#2A4CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4CA5

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4CA5	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0858A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 76, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.149 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757dc0',
    500: '#2a4ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4ca5;
$custom-light: #757dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.415,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44466,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4CA5

secondary

#C1A969

accent

#B745E3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4CA5

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

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