#2C40AD#2C40AD

#2C40AD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.175 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C40AD
RGB	rgb(44, 64, 173)
HSL	hsl(231, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(231, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 63%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, 31.06, -60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 67.92, 297.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% -0.0019 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.175 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4123, 7.2183, 40.3716)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C40AD #AD992C

analogous

#2C80AD #2C40AD #592CAD

triadic

#2C40AD #AD2C40 #40AD2C

tetradic

#2C40AD #AD2C80 #AD992C #2CAD59

square

#2C40AD #AD2C80 #AD992C #2CAD59

split-complementary

#2C40AD #AD592C #80AD2C

monochromatic

#131C4B #202E7C #2C40AD #465CD0 #7787DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#2C40AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#2C40AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C40AD

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C40AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C40AD	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c40ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 64, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.175 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7874c6',
    500: '#2c40ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c40ad;
$custom-light: #7874c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c40ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.698,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42854,
    "c": 0.17458,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C40AD

secondary

#C4B771

accent

#CA45E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C40AD

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

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