#2B42AC#2B42AC

#2B42AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.171 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B42AC
RGB	rgb(43, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(229, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(229, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 61.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.67, 29.26, -59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.67, 66.04, 296.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% -0.0041 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.171 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3883, 7.3875, 39.9002)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B42AC #AC952B

analogous

#2B83AC #2B42AC #542BAC

triadic

#2B42AC #AC2B42 #42AC2B

tetradic

#2B42AC #AC2B83 #AC952B #2BAC54

square

#2B42AC #AC2B83 #AC952B #2BAC54

split-complementary

#2B42AC #AC542B #83AC2B

monochromatic

#131C4A #1F2F7B #2B42AC #445DD0 #7587DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#2B42AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#2B42AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B42AC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B42AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B42AC	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b42ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.171 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7876c6',
    500: '#2b42ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b42ac;
$custom-light: #7876c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b42ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.302,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43091,
    "c": 0.17108,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B42AC

secondary

#C4B56F

accent

#C745E3

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B42AC

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

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