#2D42A9#2D42A9

#2D42A9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.166 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D42A9
RGB	rgb(45, 66, 169)
HSL	hsl(230, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(230, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 60.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.52, 28.39, -57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.52, 64.26, 296.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% -0.0022 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.166 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1894, 7.3178, 38.4039)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D42A9 #A9942D

analogous

#2D80A9 #2D42A9 #562DA9

triadic

#2D42A9 #A92D42 #42A92D

tetradic

#2D42A9 #A92D80 #A9942D #2DA956

square

#2D42A9 #A92D80 #A9942D #2DA956

split-complementary

#2D42A9 #A9562D #80A92D

monochromatic

#131C48 #202F79 #2D42A9 #465DCE #7687DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#2D42A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#2D42A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D42A9

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D42A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D42A9	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d42a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 66, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.166 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7876c3',
    500: '#2d42a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d42a9;
$custom-light: #7876c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d42a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.839,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42926,
    "c": 0.16645,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D42A9

secondary

#C2B46F

accent

#C747E1

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D42A9

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

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