#2D42B4#2D42B4

#2D42B4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.181 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D42B4
RGB	rgb(45, 66, 180)
HSL	hsl(231, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(231, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 63.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 32.45, -62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 70.58, 297.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% -0.0024 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.181 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2658, 7.7484, 44.0730)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D42B4 #B49F2D

analogous

#2D86B4 #2D42B4 #5C2DB4

triadic

#2D42B4 #B42D42 #42B42D

tetradic

#2D42B4 #B42D86 #B49F2D #2DB45C

square

#2D42B4 #B42D86 #B49F2D #2DB45C

split-complementary

#2D42B4 #B45C2D #86B42D

monochromatic

#151E52 #213083 #2D42B4 #4C61D2 #7D8CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#2D42B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#2D42B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D42B4

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D42B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D42B4	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d42b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 66, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.181 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a76cb',
    500: '#2d42b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d42b4;
$custom-light: #7a76cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d42b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43906,
    "c": 0.18121,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D42B4

secondary

#C7BA76

accent

#CA45E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D42B4

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

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