#2A4E99#2A4E99

#2A4E99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.130 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E99
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 153)
HSL	hsl(221, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 49%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.48, 13.87, -44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.48, 46.95, 287.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% -0.016 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.13 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4270, 8.2399, 31.2245)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E99 #99752A

analogous

#2A8599 #2A4E99 #3E2A99

triadic

#2A4E99 #992A4E #4E992A

tetradic

#2A4E99 #992A85 #99752A #2A993E

square

#2A4E99 #992A85 #99752A #2A993E

split-complementary

#2A4E99 #993E2A #85992A

monochromatic

#101D39 #1D3669 #2A4E99 #3867C8 #688BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#2A4E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#2A4E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E99

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E99	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25569C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#054C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.130 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727fb7',
    500: '#2a4e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e99;
$custom-light: #727fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43985,
    "c": 0.12968,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E99

secondary

#BC9F63

accent

#AF48E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E99

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

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