#2A5699#2A5699

#2A5699 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.120 H 258.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5699
RGB	rgb(42, 86, 153)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(216, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 43.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.83, 8.56, -41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.83, 41.97, 281.77°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% -0.0235 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.12 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0303, 9.4467, 31.4256)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5699 #996D2A

analogous

#2A8D99 #2A5699 #352A99

triadic

#2A5699 #992A56 #56992A

tetradic

#2A5699 #992A8D #996D2A #2A9935

square

#2A5699 #992A8D #996D2A #2A9935

split-complementary

#2A5699 #99352A #8D992A

monochromatic

#102039 #1D3B69 #2A5699 #3871C8 #6893D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#2A5699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#2A5699 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5699

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5699	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#355C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#225298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 86, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.120 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7285b7',
    500: '#2a5699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5699;
$custom-light: #7285b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.216,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45796,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5699

secondary

#BC9963

accent

#A448E0

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5699

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

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