#2A5598#2A5598

#2A5598 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.120 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5598
RGB	rgb(42, 85, 152)
HSL	hsl(217, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(217, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 44.1%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.47, 8.84, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.47, 42.00, 282.15°)
OKLab	oklab(45.5% -0.0228 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(45.5% 0.12 259)
XYZ	xyz(9.8688, 9.2552, 30.9660)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5598 #986D2A

analogous

#2A8C98 #2A5598 #362A98

triadic

#2A5598 #982A55 #55982A

tetradic

#2A5598 #982A8C #986D2A #2A9836

square

#2A5598 #982A8C #986D2A #2A9836

split-complementary

#2A5598 #98362A #8C982A

monochromatic

#101F38 #1D3A68 #2A5598 #3770C8 #6792D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#2A5598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#2A5598 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5598

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5598	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#215197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 85, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.120 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7284b7',
    500: '#2a5598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5598;
$custom-light: #7284b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.545,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45498,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.09256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5598

secondary

#BB9962

accent

#A448E0

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5598

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

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