#2A5196#2A5196

#2A5196 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.122 H 260.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5196
RGB	rgb(42, 81, 150)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(218, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 46%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.16, 10.71, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.16, 43.30, 284.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% -0.0193 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.122 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4003, 8.5781, 30.0086)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5196 #966F2A

analogous

#2A8796 #2A5196 #392A96

triadic

#2A5196 #962A51 #51962A

tetradic

#2A5196 #962A87 #966F2A #2A9639

square

#2A5196 #962A87 #966F2A #2A9639

split-complementary

#2A5196 #96392A #87962A

monochromatic

#0F1D36 #1D3766 #2A5196 #376BC6 #668ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#2A5196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#2A5196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5196

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5196	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 81, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.122 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7181b5',
    500: '#2a5196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5196;
$custom-light: #7181b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44445,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5196

secondary

#BA9A61

accent

#A948E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5196

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

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