#2C40A1#2C40A1

#2C40A1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.158 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C40A1
RGB	rgb(44, 64, 161)
HSL	hsl(230, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(230, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 60.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 26.60, -54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 60.96, 295.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% -0.0017 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.158 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3029, 6.7745, 34.5286)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C40A1 #A18D2C

analogous

#2C7AA1 #2C40A1 #532CA1

triadic

#2C40A1 #A12C40 #40A12C

tetradic

#2C40A1 #A12C7A #A18D2C #2CA153

square

#2C40A1 #A12C7A #A18D2C #2CA153

split-complementary

#2C40A1 #A1532C #7AA12C

monochromatic

#121A41 #1F2D71 #2C40A1 #4057CB #7081D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#2C40A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#2C40A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C40A1

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C40A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C40A1	1.00	8.92	2.36	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00586A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c40a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 64, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.158 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7674be',
    500: '#2c40a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c40a1;
$custom-light: #7674be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c40a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.744,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41791,
    "c": 0.15828,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C40A1

secondary

#BFB06A

accent

#C647E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C40A1

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

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