#2C42AD#2C42AD

#2C42AD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.172 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C42AD
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 173)
HSL	hsl(230, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(230, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 61.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.81, 29.75, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.81, 66.59, 296.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% -0.0032 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.172 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5271, 7.4479, 40.4098)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C42AD #AD972C

analogous

#2C83AD #2C42AD #562CAD

triadic

#2C42AD #AD2C42 #42AD2C

tetradic

#2C42AD #AD2C83 #AD972C #2CAD56

square

#2C42AD #AD2C83 #AD972C #2CAD56

split-complementary

#2C42AD #AD562C #83AD2C

monochromatic

#131D4B #202F7C #2C42AD #465ED0 #7788DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#2C42AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#2C42AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C42AD

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C42AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C42AD	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c42ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.172 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7876c6',
    500: '#2c42ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c42ad;
$custom-light: #7876c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c42ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.767,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43229,
    "c": 0.17215,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C42AD

secondary

#C4B671

accent

#C845E3

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C42AD

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

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