#2A4D8E#2A4D8E

#2A4D8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.115 H 261.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4D8E
RGB	rgb(42, 77, 142)
HSL	hsl(219, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(219, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 45.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, 10.31, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 41.12, 284.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% -0.0169 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.115 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4895, 7.7521, 26.6348)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4D8E #8E6B2A

analogous

#2A7F8E #2A4D8E #392A8E

triadic

#2A4D8E #8E2A4D #4D8E2A

tetradic

#2A4D8E #8E2A7F #8E6B2A #2A8E39

square

#2A4D8E #8E2A7F #8E6B2A #2A8E39

split-complementary

#2A4D8E #8E392A #7F8E2A

monochromatic

#0E1A30 #1C335F #2A4D8E #3867BD #6289D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#2A4D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#2A4D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4D8E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4D8E	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 77, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.115 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707eaf',
    500: '#2a4d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4d8e;
$custom-light: #707eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42972,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4D8E

secondary

#B6975D

accent

#AA4ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4D8E

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

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