#2A4E8F#2A4E8F

#2A4E8F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.115 H 261.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E8F
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 143)
HSL	hsl(219, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(219, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 45.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 10.02, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 41.08, 284.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% -0.0177 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.115 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6354, 7.9233, 27.0555)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E8F #8F6B2A

analogous

#2A818F #2A4E8F #392A8F

triadic

#2A4E8F #8F2A4E #4E8F2A

tetradic

#2A4E8F #8F2A81 #8F6B2A #2A8F39

square

#2A4E8F #8F2A81 #8F6B2A #2A8F39

split-complementary

#2A4E8F #8F392A #818F2A

monochromatic

#0E1A30 #1C3460 #2A4E8F #3868BE #628AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#2A4E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#2A4E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E8F

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E8F	1.00	8.12	2.58	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.115 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707fb0',
    500: '#2a4e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e8f;
$custom-light: #707fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.614,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43271,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E8F

secondary

#B7975E

accent

#A94ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E8F

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

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