#2A4E9D#2A4E9D

#2A4E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.135 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E9D
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 157)
HSL	hsl(221, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(221, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 50.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.75, 15.41, -46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.75, 49.30, 288.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% -0.0154 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.135 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7629, 8.3743, 32.9936)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E9D #9D792A

analogous

#2A889D #2A4E9D #3F2A9D

triadic

#2A4E9D #9D2A4E #4E9D2A

tetradic

#2A4E9D #9D2A88 #9D792A #2A9D3F

square

#2A4E9D #9D2A88 #9D792A #2A9D3F

split-complementary

#2A4E9D #9D3F2A #889D2A

monochromatic

#101E3C #1D366D #2A4E9D #3A67CA #6A8CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#2A4E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#2A4E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E9D

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E9D	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2057A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.135 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737fba',
    500: '#2a4e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e9d;
$custom-light: #737fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.217,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44281,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E9D

secondary

#BEA265

accent

#B147E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E9D

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

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