#2A4EAE#2A4EAE

#2A4EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.159 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4EAE
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 174)
HSL	hsl(224, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(224, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 55.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.98, 21.94, -55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.98, 59.23, 291.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% -0.0137 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.159 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3165, 8.9958, 41.1761)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4EAE #AE8A2A

analogous

#2A90AE #2A4EAE #482AAE

triadic

#2A4EAE #AE2A4E #4EAE2A

tetradic

#2A4EAE #AE2A90 #AE8A2A #2AAE48

square

#2A4EAE #AE2A90 #AE8A2A #2AAE48

split-complementary

#2A4EAE #AE482A #90AE2A

monochromatic

#12224B #1E387D #2A4EAE #436AD2 #7591DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#2A4EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#2A4EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4EAE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4EAE	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.159 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777fc7',
    500: '#2a4eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4eae;
$custom-light: #777fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.456,
    "c": 0.15917,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4EAE

secondary

#C5AE6F

accent

#B844E4

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4EAE

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

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