#2C40A6#2C40A6

#2C40A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.165 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C40A6
RGB	rgb(44, 64, 166)
HSL	hsl(230, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(230, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 61.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 28.46, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 63.88, 296.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% -0.0017 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.165 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7527, 6.9544, 36.8974)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C40A6 #A6922C

analogous

#2C7DA6 #2C40A6 #552CA6

triadic

#2C40A6 #A62C40 #40A62C

tetradic

#2C40A6 #A62C7D #A6922C #2CA655

square

#2C40A6 #A62C7D #A6922C #2CA655

split-complementary

#2C40A6 #A6552C #7DA62C

monochromatic

#121B45 #1F2D76 #2C40A6 #4259CD #7384DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#2C40A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#2C40A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C40A6

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C40A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C40A6	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c40a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 64, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.165 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7774c1',
    500: '#2c40a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c40a6;
$custom-light: #7774c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c40a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.164,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42229,
    "c": 0.16514,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C40A6

secondary

#C1B36D

accent

#C846E1

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C40A6

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

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