#2B42A2#2B42A2

#2B42A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.157 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B42A2
RGB	rgb(43, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(228, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(228, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 59.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 25.51, -54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 60.22, 295.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% -0.0042 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.157 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4638, 7.0177, 35.0312)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B42A2 #A28B2B

analogous

#2B7EA2 #2B42A2 #4F2BA2

triadic

#2B42A2 #A22B42 #42A22B

tetradic

#2B42A2 #A22B7E #A28B2B #2BA24F

square

#2B42A2 #A22B7E #A28B2B #2BA24F

split-complementary

#2B42A2 #A24F2B #7EA22B

monochromatic

#111B41 #1E2E72 #2B42A2 #3E5ACC #6F83D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#2B42A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#2B42A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B42A2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B42A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B42A2	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b42a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.157 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7576be',
    500: '#2b42a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b42a2;
$custom-light: #7576be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b42a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.403,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42219,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B42A2

secondary

#C0AF69

accent

#C347E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B42A2

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

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