#2A59A5#2A59A5

#2A59A5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.133 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A59A5
RGB	rgb(42, 89, 165)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(217, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 46.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.47, 11.20, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.47, 47.00, 283.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.3% -0.024 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(47.3% 0.133 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3163, 10.3524, 36.9918)
Luminance	0.1035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A59A5 #A5762A

analogous

#2A96A5 #2A59A5 #382AA5

triadic

#2A59A5 #A52A59 #59A52A

tetradic

#2A59A5 #A52A96 #A5762A #2AA538

square

#2A59A5 #A52A96 #A5762A #2AA538

split-complementary

#2A59A5 #A5382A #96A52A

monochromatic

#112443 #1E3F74 #2A59A5 #3E75CE #6F98DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#2A59A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#2A59A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A59A5

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A59A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A59A5	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3261A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1755A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a59a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 89, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.133 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7487c0',
    500: '#2a59a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a59a5;
$custom-light: #7487c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a59a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.073,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47303,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A59A5

secondary

#C1A069

accent

#A645E3

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EEEFF7

border

#C9CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A59A5

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

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