#2A5AAE#2A5AAE

#2A5AAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.144 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5AAE
RGB	rgb(42, 90, 174)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(218, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 48.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.34, 14.01, -49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.34, 51.52, 285.78°)
OKLab	oklab(48.16% -0.0233 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(48.16% 0.144 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2482, 10.8592, 41.4867)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5AAE #AE7E2A

analogous

#2A9CAE #2A5AAE #3C2AAE

triadic

#2A5AAE #AE2A5A #5AAE2A

tetradic

#2A5AAE #AE2A9C #AE7E2A #2AAE3C

square

#2A5AAE #AE2A9C #AE7E2A #2AAE3C

split-complementary

#2A5AAE #AE3C2A #9CAE2A

monochromatic

#12274B #1E407D #2A5AAE #4377D2 #759BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#2A5AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#2A5AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5AAE

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5AAE	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B63B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 90, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.144 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7688c7',
    500: '#2a5aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5aae;
$custom-light: #7688c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48163,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5AAE

secondary

#C5A66F

accent

#AA44E4

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF8

border

#C9CAD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5AAE

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

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