#2A579C#2A579C

#2A579C is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.123 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A579C
RGB	rgb(42, 87, 156)
HSL	hsl(216, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(216, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 44.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 9.06, -42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 43.08, 282.14°)
OKLab	oklab(46.23% -0.0238 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(46.23% 0.123 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3616, 9.7078, 32.7738)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A579C #9C6F2A

analogous

#2A909C #2A579C #362A9C

triadic

#2A579C #9C2A57 #579C2A

tetradic

#2A579C #9C2A90 #9C6F2A #2A9C36

square

#2A579C #9C2A90 #9C6F2A #2A9C36

split-complementary

#2A579C #9C362A #909C2A

monochromatic

#10213C #1D3C6C #2A579C #3972CA #6A95D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#2A579C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#2A579C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A579C

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A579C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A579C	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#355D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20539B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a579c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 87, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.123 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7385ba',
    500: '#2a579c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a579c;
$custom-light: #7385ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a579c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.316,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46229,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A579C

secondary

#BD9A65

accent

#A447E1

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A579C

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

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