#2D42B3#2D42B3

#2D42B3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.180 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D42B3
RGB	rgb(45, 66, 179)
HSL	hsl(231, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(231, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 63.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 32.08, -62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 70.01, 297.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% -0.0024 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.18 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1643, 7.7078, 43.5385)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D42B3 #B39E2D

analogous

#2D85B3 #2D42B3 #5B2DB3

triadic

#2D42B3 #B32D42 #42B32D

tetradic

#2D42B3 #B32D85 #B39E2D #2DB35B

square

#2D42B3 #B32D85 #B39E2D #2DB35B

split-complementary

#2D42B3 #B35B2D #85B32D

monochromatic

#141E51 #213082 #2D42B3 #4B60D2 #7C8CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#2D42B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#2D42B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D42B3

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D42B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D42B3	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d42b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 66, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.180 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a76cb',
    500: '#2d42b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d42b3;
$custom-light: #7a76cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d42b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.597,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43815,
    "c": 0.17988,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D42B3

secondary

#C7BA75

accent

#CA45E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D42B3

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

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