#2A4E97#2A4E97

#2A4E97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.127 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E97
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 151)
HSL	hsl(220, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 48.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 13.10, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 45.78, 286.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% -0.0163 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.127 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2632, 8.1744, 30.3618)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E97 #97732A

analogous

#2A8597 #2A4E97 #3C2A97

triadic

#2A4E97 #972A4E #4E972A

tetradic

#2A4E97 #972A85 #97732A #2A973C

square

#2A4E97 #972A85 #97732A #2A973C

split-complementary

#2A4E97 #973C2A #85972A

monochromatic

#0F1D37 #1D3567 #2A4E97 #3767C7 #678BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#2A4E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#2A4E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E97

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E97	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27569A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C4C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.127 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727fb6',
    500: '#2a4e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e97;
$custom-light: #727fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.183,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43839,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E97

secondary

#BB9E62

accent

#AE48E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E97

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

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