#2A5199#2A5199

#2A5199 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.126 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5199
RGB	rgb(42, 81, 153)
HSL	hsl(219, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(219, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 47.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, 11.87, -43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 45.04, 285.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% -0.0188 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.126 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6450, 8.6760, 31.2971)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5199 #99722A

analogous

#2A8899 #2A5199 #3A2A99

triadic

#2A5199 #992A51 #51992A

tetradic

#2A5199 #992A88 #99722A #2A993A

square

#2A5199 #992A88 #99722A #2A993A

split-complementary

#2A5199 #993A2A #88992A

monochromatic

#101E39 #1D3869 #2A5199 #386BC8 #688ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#2A5199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#2A5199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5199

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5199	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C599C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#134E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 81, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.126 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7281b7',
    500: '#2a5199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5199;
$custom-light: #7281b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.919,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44656,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5199

secondary

#BC9D63

accent

#AB48E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5199

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

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