#2A48A6#2A48A6

#2A48A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.156 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A48A6
RGB	rgb(42, 72, 166)
HSL	hsl(225, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(225, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 56.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 22.89, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 58.55, 293.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% -0.0096 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.156 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1527, 7.8790, 37.0547)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A48A6 #A6882A

analogous

#2A86A6 #2A48A6 #4A2AA6

triadic

#2A48A6 #A62A48 #48A62A

tetradic

#2A48A6 #A62A86 #A6882A #2AA64A

square

#2A48A6 #A62A86 #A6882A #2AA64A

split-complementary

#2A48A6 #A64A2A #86A62A

monochromatic

#111E44 #1E3375 #2A48A6 #3F62CE #708ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#2A48A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#2A48A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A48A6

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A48A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A48A6	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a48a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 72, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.156 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757ac1',
    500: '#2a48a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a48a6;
$custom-light: #757ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a48a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.484,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43716,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A48A6

secondary

#C2AD6A

accent

#BD45E3

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A48A6

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

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