#2C42AF#2C42AF

#2C42AF is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.175 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C42AF
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 175)
HSL	hsl(230, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(230, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 30.49, -60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 67.74, 296.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% -0.0032 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.175 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7221, 7.5259, 41.4367)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C42AF #AF992C

analogous

#2C83AF #2C42AF #582CAF

triadic

#2C42AF #AF2C42 #42AF2C

tetradic

#2C42AF #AF2C83 #AF992C #2CAF58

square

#2C42AF #AF2C83 #AF992C #2CAF58

split-complementary

#2C42AF #AF582C #83AF2C

monochromatic

#131D4D #20307E #2C42AF #475ED1 #7889DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#2C42AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#2C42AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C42AF

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C42AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C42AF	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c42af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.175 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7976c8',
    500: '#2c42af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c42af;
$custom-light: #7976c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c42af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.924,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43407,
    "c": 0.17483,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C42AF

secondary

#C5B772

accent

#C845E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C42AF

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

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