#2C40A4#2C40A4

#2C40A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.162 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C40A4
RGB	rgb(44, 64, 164)
HSL	hsl(230, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(230, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 61%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 27.72, -56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 62.72, 296.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% -0.0017 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.162 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5706, 6.8816, 35.9387)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C40A4 #A4902C

analogous

#2C7CA4 #2C40A4 #542CA4

triadic

#2C40A4 #A42C40 #40A42C

tetradic

#2C40A4 #A42C7C #A4902C #2CA454

square

#2C40A4 #A42C7C #A4902C #2CA454

split-complementary

#2C40A4 #A4542C #7CA42C

monochromatic

#121A43 #1F2D74 #2C40A4 #4158CC #7183D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#2C40A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#2C40A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C40A4

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C40A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C40A4	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00596B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c40a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 64, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.162 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7674c0',
    500: '#2c40a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c40a4;
$custom-light: #7674c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c40a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42053,
    "c": 0.16241,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C40A4

secondary

#C0B26B

accent

#C747E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C40A4

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

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