#2A4D9C#2A4D9C

#2A4D9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.135 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4D9C
RGB	rgb(42, 77, 156)
HSL	hsl(222, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(222, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 50.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, 15.69, -46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 49.37, 288.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% -0.0147 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.135 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6073, 8.1993, 32.5223)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4D9C #9C792A

analogous

#2A869C #2A4D9C #402A9C

triadic

#2A4D9C #9C2A4D #4D9C2A

tetradic

#2A4D9C #9C2A86 #9C792A #2A9C40

square

#2A4D9C #9C2A86 #9C792A #2A9C40

split-complementary

#2A4D9C #9C402A #869C2A

monochromatic

#101D3C #1D356C #2A4D9C #3966CA #6A8BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#2A4D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#2A4D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4D9C

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4D9C	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F569F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 77, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.135 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737eba',
    500: '#2a4d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4d9c;
$custom-light: #737eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.579,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43987,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4D9C

secondary

#BDA265

accent

#B247E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4D9C

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

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