#2A488E#2A488E

#2A488E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.121 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A488E
RGB	rgb(42, 72, 142)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(222, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 49.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 13.67, -42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 44.33, 287.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.84% -0.012 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(41.84% 0.121 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1530, 7.0791, 26.5227)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A488E #8E702A

analogous

#2A7A8E #2A488E #3E2A8E

triadic

#2A488E #8E2A48 #488E2A

tetradic

#2A488E #8E2A7A #8E702A #2A8E3E

square

#2A488E #8E2A7A #8E702A #2A8E3E

split-complementary

#2A488E #8E3E2A #7A8E2A

monochromatic

#0E1830 #1C305F #2A488E #3860BD #6283D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#2A488E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#2A488E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A488E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A488E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A488E	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09478D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a488e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 72, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.121 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707aaf',
    500: '#2a488e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a488e;
$custom-light: #707aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a488e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41841,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A488E

secondary

#B69C5D

accent

#B14ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A488E

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

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