#2C42A2#2C42A2

#2C42A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.157 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C42A2
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(229, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(229, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 59.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 25.64, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 60.20, 295.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% -0.0032 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.157 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5063, 7.0396, 35.0332)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C42A2 #A28C2C

analogous

#2C7DA2 #2C42A2 #512CA2

triadic

#2C42A2 #A22C42 #42A22C

tetradic

#2C42A2 #A22C7D #A28C2C #2CA251

square

#2C42A2 #A22C7D #A28C2C #2CA251

split-complementary

#2C42A2 #A2512C #7DA22C

monochromatic

#121B42 #1F2E72 #2C42A2 #405ACB #7084D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#2C42A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#2C42A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C42A2

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C42A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C42A2	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c42a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.157 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7676be',
    500: '#2c42a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c42a2;
$custom-light: #7676be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c42a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.814,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4227,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C42A2

secondary

#BFB06A

accent

#C447E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C42A2

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

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