#2A4E90#2A4E90

#2A4E90 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.117 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E90
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 144)
HSL	hsl(219, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(219, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 45.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, 10.41, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 41.66, 284.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% -0.0175 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.117 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7115, 7.9537, 27.4563)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E90 #906C2A

analogous

#2A8190 #2A4E90 #392A90

triadic

#2A4E90 #902A4E #4E902A

tetradic

#2A4E90 #902A81 #906C2A #2A9039

square

#2A4E90 #902A81 #906C2A #2A9039

split-complementary

#2A4E90 #90392A #81902A

monochromatic

#0E1B31 #1C3461 #2A4E90 #3868BF #638AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#2A4E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#2A4E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E90

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E90	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.117 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707fb1',
    500: '#2a4e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e90;
$custom-light: #707fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43341,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E90

secondary

#B7985E

accent

#AA4ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E90

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