#2A48A5#2A48A5

#2A48A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.154 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A48A5
RGB	rgb(42, 72, 165)
HSL	hsl(225, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(225, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 56.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 22.50, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 57.97, 292.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% -0.0096 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.154 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0614, 7.8425, 36.5735)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A48A5 #A5872A

analogous

#2A85A5 #2A48A5 #4A2AA5

triadic

#2A48A5 #A52A48 #48A52A

tetradic

#2A48A5 #A52A85 #A5872A #2AA54A

square

#2A48A5 #A52A85 #A5872A #2AA54A

split-complementary

#2A48A5 #A54A2A #85A52A

monochromatic

#111D43 #1E3374 #2A48A5 #3E61CE #6F89DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#2A48A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#2A48A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A48A5

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A48A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A48A5	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a48a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 72, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.154 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757ac0',
    500: '#2a48a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a48a5;
$custom-light: #757ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a48a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.366,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43634,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A48A5

secondary

#C1AC69

accent

#BC45E3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A48A5

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

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