#2A48A4#2A48A4

#2A48A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.153 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A48A4
RGB	rgb(42, 72, 164)
HSL	hsl(225, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(225, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 56.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 22.12, -52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 57.38, 292.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% -0.0097 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.153 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9707, 7.8062, 36.0960)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A48A4 #A4862A

analogous

#2A85A4 #2A48A4 #492AA4

triadic

#2A48A4 #A42A48 #48A42A

tetradic

#2A48A4 #A42A85 #A4862A #2AA449

square

#2A48A4 #A42A85 #A4862A #2AA449

split-complementary

#2A48A4 #A4492A #85A42A

monochromatic

#111D43 #1E3373 #2A48A4 #3E61CD #6E89DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#2A48A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#2A48A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A48A4

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A48A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A48A4	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a48a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 72, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.153 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757ac0',
    500: '#2a48a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a48a4;
$custom-light: #757ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a48a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.246,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43552,
    "c": 0.15289,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A48A4

secondary

#C1AB69

accent

#BC45E2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A48A4

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

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