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#29307A Color

#29307A is rgb(41, 48, 122) in RGB, hsl(235, 50%, 32%) in HSL, and about cmyk(66%, 61%, 0%, 52%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is St. Patrick's Blue (#23297A), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 5.66. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#29307A
HEX#29307A
RGBrgb(41, 48, 122)
HSLhsl(235, 50%, 32%)
HSVhsv(235, 66%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 61%, 0%, 52%)
OKLCHoklch(35.1% 0.125 274)
LABlab(22.97% 17.09 -44.10)
LCHlch(22.97% 47.29 291.18)

What #29307A Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #29307A, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

St. Patrick's Blue#23297AΔE 5.66Sapphire Navy#082567ΔE 7.93Dark Slate Blue#483D8BΔE 8.6Cosmic Cobalt#2E2D88ΔE 10.6Midnight Blue#191970ΔE 13.77Spanish Violet#4C2882ΔE 15.69

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every blue in the library.

#29307A Channel Values

How #29307A breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 41 · G 48 · B 1228-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 235° · S 50% · L 32%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 235° · S 66% · V 48%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 66% · M 61% · Y 0% · K 52%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance11.68:1 vs white · 1.8:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #29307A background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text11.68:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text1.8:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #29307A in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #29307A

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #29307A; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#29307A
Complementary
#7A7429
Analogous
#29587A
Analogous
#4B297A
Triadic
#7A2930
Triadic
#307A29
Split comp.
#7A4B29
Split comp.
#587A29

Tints & Shades of #29307A

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#343D9D
#444EC1
#666ECC
#8C93D9
#AFB3E4
#D5D7F1

Shades

#242A6B
#1F245C
#191E4D
#14183D
#0F122E
#0A0C1F

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #29307A.

How #29307A Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#29307A
Protanopia#2F2F7A
Protanomaly#2D2F7A
Deuteranopia#2E2E7A
Deuteranomaly#2C2F7A
Tritanopia#043F3F
Tritanomaly#193A5C
Achromatopsia#383838

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #29307A in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-29307a: #29307A;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #29307A;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-29307a': '#29307A' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.161, green: 0.188, blue: 0.478)
Android XML<color name="color_29307a">#29307A</color>
SVG fillfill="#29307A"

More Blue Colors

#29307A sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

000024fafaff00002ef9fafb000033f8fafc000038f8f8ff000042f5faff000047f5f5ff002147007dfa0f52ba1c39bb2a3439372aac4e3cc364609a7abdff979aaab8dbffd6d6ff

#29307A Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #29307A?

#29307A is a dark blue — rgb(41, 48, 122) in RGB and hsl(235, 50%, 32%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is St. Patrick's Blue (#23297A), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 5.66.

What is the RGB value of #29307A?

#29307A is rgb(41, 48, 122) — red 41, green 48, and blue 122 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #29307A?

#29307A converts to approximately cmyk(66%, 61%, 0%, 52%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #29307A be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #29307A scores 11.68:1 against white and 1.8:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #29307A as a CSS color keyword?

No. #29307A is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkslateblue (#483D8B) at a CIE76 distance of 8.6, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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