#2C42B0#2C42B0

#2C42B0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.176 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C42B0
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 176)
HSL	hsl(230, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(230, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 62.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 30.86, -60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 68.32, 296.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% -0.0033 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.176 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8207, 7.5653, 41.9559)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C42B0 #B09A2C

analogous

#2C84B0 #2C42B0 #582CB0

triadic

#2C42B0 #B02C42 #42B02C

tetradic

#2C42B0 #B02C84 #B09A2C #2CB058

square

#2C42B0 #B02C84 #B09A2C #2CB058

split-complementary

#2C42B0 #B0582C #84B02C

monochromatic

#141D4E #20307F #2C42B0 #485FD1 #798ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#2C42B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#2C42B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C42B0

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C42B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C42B0	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c42b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.176 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7976c9',
    500: '#2c42b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c42b0;
$custom-light: #7976c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c42b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43496,
    "c": 0.17616,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C42B0

secondary

#C6B872

accent

#C945E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C42B0

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

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