#2C42E2#2C42E2

#2C42E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.239 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C42E2
RGB	rgb(44, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(233, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(233, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 48.63, -82.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 95.71, 300.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% -0.0068 -0.2389)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.239 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7096, 9.9209, 72.9710)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.19

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C42E2 #E2CC2C

analogous

#2C9DE2 #2C42E2 #712CE2

triadic

#2C42E2 #E22C42 #42E22C

tetradic

#2C42E2 #E22C9D #E2CC2C #2CE271

square

#2C42E2 #E22C9D #E2CC2C #2CE271

split-complementary

#2C42E2 #E2712C #9DE22C

monochromatic

#121F82 #192CB8 #2C42E2 #6272E9 #98A2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#2C42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#2C42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C42E2

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C42E2	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.239 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8577ec',
    500: '#2c42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c42e2;
$custom-light: #8577ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.747,
    "s": 75.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48283,
    "c": 0.23898,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C42E2

secondary

#DCD38E

accent

#DC35F2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F1EDFD

border

#CBC8D5

text

#0D0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C42E2

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

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