#2A5DAE#2A5DAE

#2A5DAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.141 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5DAE
RGB	rgb(42, 93, 174)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(217, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 46.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, 12.05, -48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 49.67, 284.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.83% -0.0259 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(48.83% 0.141 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5064, 11.3755, 41.5728)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5DAE #AE7B2A

analogous

#2A9FAE #2A5DAE #392AAE

triadic

#2A5DAE #AE2A5D #5DAE2A

tetradic

#2A5DAE #AE2A9F #AE7B2A #2AAE39

square

#2A5DAE #AE2A9F #AE7B2A #2AAE39

split-complementary

#2A5DAE #AE392A #9FAE2A

monochromatic

#12284B #1E437D #2A5DAE #437AD2 #759DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#2A5DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#2A5DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5DAE

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5DAE	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3265B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1259AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00707D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 93, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.141 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#768ac7',
    500: '#2a5dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5dae;
$custom-light: #768ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48827,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5DAE

secondary

#C5A46F

accent

#A644E4

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5DAE

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

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