#2C42B7#2C42B7

#2C42B7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.185 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C42B7
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(231, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(231, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 63.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, 33.44, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 72.30, 297.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% -0.0035 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.185 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5312, 7.8495, 45.6979)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C42B7 #B7A12C

analogous

#2C87B7 #2C42B7 #5C2CB7

triadic

#2C42B7 #B72C42 #42B72C

tetradic

#2C42B7 #B72C87 #B7A12C #2CB75C

square

#2C42B7 #B72C87 #B7A12C #2CB75C

split-complementary

#2C42B7 #B75C2C #87B72C

monochromatic

#141E54 #203086 #2C42B7 #4C62D4 #7E8DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#2C42B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#2C42B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C42B7

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C42B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C42B7	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c42b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.185 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b76ce',
    500: '#2c42b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c42b7;
$custom-light: #7b76ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c42b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.504,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44131,
    "c": 0.18542,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C42B7

secondary

#C8BB76

accent

#CB43E4

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0814

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C42B7

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

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