#2D42A4#2D42A4

#2D42A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.160 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D42A4
RGB	rgb(45, 66, 164)
HSL	hsl(229, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(229, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 59.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 26.52, -55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 61.35, 295.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% -0.0022 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.16 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7289, 7.1337, 35.9790)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D42A4 #A48F2D

analogous

#2D7DA4 #2D42A4 #532DA4

triadic

#2D42A4 #A42D42 #42A42D

tetradic

#2D42A4 #A42D7D #A48F2D #2DA453

square

#2D42A4 #A42D7D #A48F2D #2DA453

split-complementary

#2D42A4 #A4532D #7DA42D

monochromatic

#131B44 #202F74 #2D42A4 #435BCB #7385D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#2D42A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#2D42A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D42A4

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D42A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D42A4	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d42a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 66, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.160 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776c0',
    500: '#2d42a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d42a4;
$custom-light: #7776c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d42a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42493,
    "c": 0.15962,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D42A4

secondary

#C0B16D

accent

#C548E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D42A4

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

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