#2C42A4#2C42A4

#2C42A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.160 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C42A4
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 164)
HSL	hsl(229, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(229, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 59.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 26.39, -55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 61.37, 295.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% -0.0032 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.16 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6855, 7.1112, 35.9769)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C42A4 #A48E2C

analogous

#2C7EA4 #2C42A4 #522CA4

triadic

#2C42A4 #A42C42 #42A42C

tetradic

#2C42A4 #A42C7E #A48E2C #2CA452

square

#2C42A4 #A42C7E #A48E2C #2CA452

split-complementary

#2C42A4 #A4522C #7EA42C

monochromatic

#121B43 #1F2F74 #2C42A4 #415BCC #7184D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#2C42A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#2C42A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C42A4

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C42A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C42A4	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c42a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.160 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7676c0',
    500: '#2c42a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c42a4;
$custom-light: #7676c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c42a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42441,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C42A4

secondary

#C0B16B

accent

#C547E1

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C42A4

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

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