#2A488F#2A488F

#2A488F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.123 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A488F
RGB	rgb(42, 72, 143)
HSL	hsl(222, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(222, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 49.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.05, 14.06, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.05, 44.93, 288.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% -0.0118 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.123 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2284, 7.1093, 26.9199)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A488F #8F712A

analogous

#2A7B8F #2A488F #3F2A8F

triadic

#2A488F #8F2A48 #488F2A

tetradic

#2A488F #8F2A7B #8F712A #2A8F3F

square

#2A488F #8F2A7B #8F712A #2A8F3F

split-complementary

#2A488F #8F3F2A #7B8F2A

monochromatic

#0E1830 #1C3060 #2A488F #3860BE #6283D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#2A488F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#2A488F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A488F

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A488F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A488F	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05478E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a488f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 72, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.123 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707ab0',
    500: '#2a488f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a488f;
$custom-light: #707ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a488f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.178,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41914,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A488F

secondary

#B79C5E

accent

#B24ADE

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A488F

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

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