#2C40A0#2C40A0

#2C40A0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.157 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C40A0
RGB	rgb(44, 64, 160)
HSL	hsl(230, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(230, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 60%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 26.22, -54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 60.38, 295.74°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% -0.0017 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.157 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2151, 6.7394, 34.0661)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C40A0 #A08C2C

analogous

#2C7AA0 #2C40A0 #522CA0

triadic

#2C40A0 #A02C40 #40A02C

tetradic

#2C40A0 #A02C7A #A08C2C #2CA052

square

#2C40A0 #A02C7A #A08C2C #2CA052

split-complementary

#2C40A0 #A0522C #7AA02C

monochromatic

#121A40 #1F2D70 #2C40A0 #3F57CA #6F81D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#2C40A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#2C40A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C40A0

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C40A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C40A0	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c40a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 64, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.157 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7574bd',
    500: '#2c40a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c40a0;
$custom-light: #7574bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c40a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.655,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41705,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C40A0

secondary

#BFB069

accent

#C648E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C40A0

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

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