#2D42A3#2D42A3

#2D42A3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.158 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D42A3
RGB	rgb(45, 66, 163)
HSL	hsl(229, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(229, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 59.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 26.15, -54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 60.77, 295.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% -0.0023 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.158 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6390, 7.0977, 35.5052)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D42A3 #A38E2D

analogous

#2D7DA3 #2D42A3 #532DA3

triadic

#2D42A3 #A32D42 #42A32D

tetradic

#2D42A3 #A32D7D #A38E2D #2DA353

square

#2D42A3 #A32D7D #A38E2D #2DA353

split-complementary

#2D42A3 #A3532D #7DA32D

monochromatic

#131B43 #202F73 #2D42A3 #425BCB #7284D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#2D42A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#2D42A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D42A3

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D42A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D42A3	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d42a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 66, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.158 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7676bf',
    500: '#2d42a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d42a3;
$custom-light: #7676bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d42a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.322,
    "s": 56.731,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42407,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D42A3

secondary

#C0B16C

accent

#C548E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D42A3

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

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