#2C40A2#2C40A2

#2C40A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.160 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C40A2
RGB	rgb(44, 64, 162)
HSL	hsl(230, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(230, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 26.97, -55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 61.55, 295.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% -0.0017 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.16 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3915, 6.8099, 34.9949)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C40A2 #A28E2C

analogous

#2C7BA2 #2C40A2 #532CA2

triadic

#2C40A2 #A22C40 #40A22C

tetradic

#2C40A2 #A22C7B #A28E2C #2CA253

square

#2C40A2 #A22C7B #A28E2C #2CA253

split-complementary

#2C40A2 #A2532C #7BA22C

monochromatic

#121A42 #1F2D72 #2C40A2 #4058CB #7082D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#2C40A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#2C40A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C40A2

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C40A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C40A2	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c40a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 64, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.160 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7674be',
    500: '#2c40a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c40a2;
$custom-light: #7674be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c40a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.831,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41878,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C40A2

secondary

#BFB16A

accent

#C747E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C40A2

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

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