#2D429F#2D429F

#2D429F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.153 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D429F
RGB	rgb(45, 66, 159)
HSL	hsl(229, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(229, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 58.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 24.65, -52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 58.42, 294.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% -0.0023 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.153 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2863, 6.9566, 33.6475)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D429F #9F8A2D

analogous

#2D7B9F #2D429F #512D9F

triadic

#2D429F #9F2D42 #429F2D

tetradic

#2D429F #9F2D7B #9F8A2D #2D9F51

square

#2D429F #9F2D7B #9F8A2D #2D9F51

split-complementary

#2D429F #9F512D #7B9F2D

monochromatic

#121A40 #202E6F #2D429F #4059C9 #7083D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#2D429F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#2D429F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D429F

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D429F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D429F	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d429f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 66, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.153 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7576bc',
    500: '#2d429f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d429f;
$custom-light: #7576bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d429f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.947,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42068,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D429F

secondary

#BEAE6A

accent

#C349DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D429F

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

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