#2C42AC#2C42AC

#2C42AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.171 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C42AC
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(230, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(230, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 29.38, -59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 66.02, 296.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% -0.0032 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.171 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4307, 7.4094, 39.9022)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C42AC #AC962C

analogous

#2C82AC #2C42AC #562CAC

triadic

#2C42AC #AC2C42 #42AC2C

tetradic

#2C42AC #AC2C82 #AC962C #2CAC56

square

#2C42AC #AC2C82 #AC962C #2CAC56

split-complementary

#2C42AC #AC562C #82AC2C

monochromatic

#131D4B #202F7B #2C42AC #465DD0 #7688DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#2C42AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#2C42AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C42AC

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C42AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C42AC	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c42ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.171 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7876c6',
    500: '#2c42ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c42ac;
$custom-light: #7876c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c42ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.688,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4314,
    "c": 0.1708,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C42AC

secondary

#C4B570

accent

#C745E2

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C42AC

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

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