#2D42AC#2D42AC

#2D42AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.171 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D42AC
RGB	rgb(45, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(230, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(230, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 61.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.77, 29.50, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.77, 66.00, 296.55°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% -0.0022 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.171 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.4742, 7.4318, 39.9042)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D42AC #AC972D

analogous

#2D81AC #2D42AC #582DAC

triadic

#2D42AC #AC2D42 #42AC2D

tetradic

#2D42AC #AC2D81 #AC972D #2DAC58

square

#2D42AC #AC2D81 #AC972D #2DAC58

split-complementary

#2D42AC #AC582D #81AC2D

monochromatic

#141D4B #202F7B #2D42AC #475ECF #7888DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#2D42AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#2D42AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D42AC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D42AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D42AC	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d42ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.171 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7876c6',
    500: '#2d42ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d42ac;
$custom-light: #7876c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d42ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.079,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4319,
    "c": 0.17052,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D42AC

secondary

#C4B671

accent

#C846E2

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D42AC

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

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