#2B42A5#2B42A5

#2B42A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.162 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B42A5
RGB	rgb(43, 66, 165)
HSL	hsl(229, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(229, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 60%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 26.64, -55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 61.97, 295.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% -0.0042 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.162 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7337, 7.1256, 36.4524)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B42A5 #A58E2B

analogous

#2B7FA5 #2B42A5 #512BA5

triadic

#2B42A5 #A52B42 #42A52B

tetradic

#2B42A5 #A52B7F #A58E2B #2BA551

square

#2B42A5 #A52B7F #A58E2B #2BA551

split-complementary

#2B42A5 #A5512B #7FA52B

monochromatic

#121B44 #1E2F74 #2B42A5 #405BCD #7184DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#2B42A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#2B42A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B42A5

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B42A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B42A5	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b42a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 66, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.162 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7676c1',
    500: '#2b42a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b42a5;
$custom-light: #7676c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b42a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.689,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42478,
    "c": 0.16156,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B42A5

secondary

#C1B16B

accent

#C446E2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B42A5

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

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