#2A4E8C#2A4E8C

#2A4E8C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.111 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E8C
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 140)
HSL	hsl(218, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(218, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 44.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 8.88, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 39.32, 283.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.07% -0.0183 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(43.07% 0.111 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4112, 7.8336, 25.8746)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E8C #8C682A

analogous

#2A7F8C #2A4E8C #372A8C

triadic

#2A4E8C #8C2A4E #4E8C2A

tetradic

#2A4E8C #8C2A7F #8C682A #2A8C37

square

#2A4E8C #8C2A7F #8C682A #2A8C37

split-complementary

#2A4E8C #8C372A #7F8C2A

monochromatic

#0E1A2E #1C345D #2A4E8C #3868BB #618AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#2A4E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#2A4E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E8C

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E8C	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30548E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.111 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fae',
    500: '#2a4e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e8c;
$custom-light: #6f7fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43065,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E8C

secondary

#B5955C

accent

#A74BDD

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E8C

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

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