#2A4EA5#2A4EA5

#2A4EA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.147 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4EA5
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 165)
HSL	hsl(222, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(222, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 52.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, 18.49, -50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 53.99, 290.03°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% -0.0145 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.147 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4684, 8.6565, 36.7092)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4EA5 #A5812A

analogous

#2A8BA5 #2A4EA5 #432AA5

triadic

#2A4EA5 #A52A4E #4EA52A

tetradic

#2A4EA5 #A52A8B #A5812A #2AA543

square

#2A4EA5 #A52A8B #A5812A #2AA543

split-complementary

#2A4EA5 #A5432A #8BA52A

monochromatic

#112043 #1E3774 #2A4EA5 #3E68CE #6F8EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#2A4EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#2A4EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4EA5

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4EA5	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1359A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.147 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757fc0',
    500: '#2a4ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4ea5;
$custom-light: #757fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.439,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4489,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4EA5

secondary

#C1A869

accent

#B545E3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4EA5

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

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