#2A509E#2A509E

#2A509E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.134 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A509E
RGB	rgb(42, 80, 158)
HSL	hsl(220, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(220, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 49.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.39, 14.46, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.39, 48.60, 287.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% -0.0171 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.134 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9929, 8.6971, 33.4932)
Luminance	0.0870 (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

#2A509E #9E782A

analogous

#2A8A9E #2A509E #3E2A9E

triadic

#2A509E #9E2A50 #509E2A

tetradic

#2A509E #9E2A8A #9E782A #2A9E3E

square

#2A509E #9E2A8A #9E782A #2A9E3E

split-complementary

#2A509E #9E3E2A #8A9E2A

monochromatic

#101F3D #1D386E #2A509E #3A6ACB #6B8ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#2A509E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#2A509E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A509E

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A509E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A509E	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2459A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a509e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 80, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.134 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7380bb',
    500: '#2a509e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a509e;
$custom-light: #7380bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a509e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.345,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44795,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A509E

secondary

#BEA166

accent

#AF47E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A509E

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

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