#2A4CB9#2A4CB9

#2A4CB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.177 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4CB9
RGB	rgb(42, 76, 185)
HSL	hsl(226, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(226, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 58.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.30, 27.45, -61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.30, 66.89, 294.23°)
OKLab	oklab(46.11% -0.0117 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(46.11% 0.177 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2932, 9.1625, 47.0102)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4CB9 #B9972A

analogous

#2A94B9 #2A4CB9 #4F2AB9

triadic

#2A4CB9 #B92A4C #4CB92A

tetradic

#2A4CB9 #B92A94 #B9972A #2AB94F

square

#2A4CB9 #B92A94 #B9972A #2AB94F

split-complementary

#2A4CB9 #B94F2A #94B92A

monochromatic

#132355 #1F3887 #2A4CB9 #4A6BD6 #7C94E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#2A4CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#2A4CB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4CB9

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4CB9	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00687B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 76, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.177 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a7dcf',
    500: '#2a4cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4cb9;
$custom-light: #7a7dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.734,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46109,
    "c": 0.17658,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4CB9

secondary

#CAB675

accent

#BF42E6

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEEF9

border

#CAC9D2

text

#0B0914

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4CB9

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

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