#2A48A3#2A48A3

#2A48A3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.151 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A48A3
RGB	rgb(42, 72, 163)
HSL	hsl(225, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(225, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 55.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 21.74, -52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 56.79, 292.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% -0.0098 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.152 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8808, 7.7703, 35.6223)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A48A3 #A3852A

analogous

#2A84A3 #2A48A3 #492AA3

triadic

#2A48A3 #A32A48 #48A32A

tetradic

#2A48A3 #A32A84 #A3852A #2AA349

square

#2A48A3 #A32A84 #A3852A #2AA349

split-complementary

#2A48A3 #A3492A #84A32A

monochromatic

#111D42 #1D3372 #2A48A3 #3D61CD #6E89DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#2A48A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#2A48A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A48A3

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A48A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A48A3	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a48a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 72, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.151 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757abf',
    500: '#2a48a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a48a3;
$custom-light: #757abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a48a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.124,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4347,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A48A3

secondary

#C0AB68

accent

#BB46E2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A48A3

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

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