#2C42B6#2C42B6

#2C42B6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.184 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C42B6
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 182)
HSL	hsl(230, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(230, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 63.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 33.07, -63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 71.74, 297.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% -0.0034 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.184 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4275, 7.8081, 45.1517)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C42B6 #B6A02C

analogous

#2C87B6 #2C42B6 #5B2CB6

triadic

#2C42B6 #B62C42 #42B62C

tetradic

#2C42B6 #B62C87 #B6A02C #2CB65B

square

#2C42B6 #B62C87 #B6A02C #2CB65B

split-complementary

#2C42B6 #B65B2C #87B62C

monochromatic

#141E53 #203085 #2C42B6 #4C61D4 #7D8DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#2C42B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#2C42B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C42B6

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C42B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C42B6	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c42b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.184 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a76cd',
    500: '#2c42b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c42b6;
$custom-light: #7a76cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c42b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.435,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4404,
    "c": 0.18411,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C42B6

secondary

#C8BB76

accent

#CB44E4

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0814

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C42B6

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

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