#2A559D#2A559D

#2A559D is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.127 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A559D
RGB	rgb(42, 85, 157)
HSL	hsl(218, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(218, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 45.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, 10.76, -43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 44.87, 283.87°)
OKLab	oklab(45.84% -0.0218 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(45.84% 0.127 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.2870, 9.4225, 33.1683)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A559D #9D722A

analogous

#2A8F9D #2A559D #392A9D

triadic

#2A559D #9D2A55 #559D2A

tetradic

#2A559D #9D2A8F #9D722A #2A9D39

square

#2A559D #9D2A8F #9D722A #2A9D39

split-complementary

#2A559D #9D392A #8F9D2A

monochromatic

#10213C #1D3B6D #2A559D #3A70CA #6A93D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#2A559D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#2A559D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A559D

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A559D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A559D	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19529C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a559d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 85, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.127 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7384ba',
    500: '#2a559d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a559d;
$custom-light: #7384ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a559d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.565,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45842,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A559D

secondary

#BE9D65

accent

#A747E1

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A559D

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

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