#2A4E85#2A4E85

#2A4E85 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.101 H 258.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E85
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 133)
HSL	hsl(216, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 41.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 6.21, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 35.24, 280.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% -0.0198 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.101 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9114, 7.6337, 23.2423)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E85 #85612A

analogous

#2A7C85 #2A4E85 #342A85

triadic

#2A4E85 #852A4E #4E852A

tetradic

#2A4E85 #852A7C #85612A #2A8534

square

#2A4E85 #852A7C #85612A #2A8534

split-complementary

#2A4E85 #85342A #7C852A

monochromatic

#0D1728 #1B3356 #2A4E85 #3969B4 #5D89CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#2A4E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#2A4E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E85

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E85	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#355387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.101 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7fa9',
    500: '#2a4e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e85;
$custom-light: #6e7fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.264,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42597,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E85

secondary

#B28F59

accent

#A34CDB

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E85

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

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