#2C42B5#2C42B5

#2C42B5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.183 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C42B5
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 181)
HSL	hsl(230, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(230, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 63.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 32.70, -63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 71.17, 297.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% -0.0034 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.183 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3245, 7.7669, 44.6094)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C42B5 #B59F2C

analogous

#2C87B5 #2C42B5 #5B2CB5

triadic

#2C42B5 #B52C42 #42B52C

tetradic

#2C42B5 #B52C87 #B59F2C #2CB55B

square

#2C42B5 #B52C87 #B59F2C #2CB55B

split-complementary

#2C42B5 #B55B2C #87B52C

monochromatic

#141E53 #203084 #2C42B5 #4B61D3 #7C8CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#2C42B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#2C42B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C42B5

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C42B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C42B5	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c42b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.183 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a76cc',
    500: '#2c42b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c42b5;
$custom-light: #7a76cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c42b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.365,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43948,
    "c": 0.18279,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C42B5

secondary

#C8BA75

accent

#CA44E4

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C42B5

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

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