#2B488C#2B488C

#2B488C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.118 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B488C
RGB	rgb(43, 72, 140)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(222, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 48.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 13.07, -41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 43.11, 287.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% -0.0114 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.118 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0456, 7.0410, 25.7409)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B488C #8C6F2B

analogous

#2B788C #2B488C #3E2B8C

triadic

#2B488C #8C2B48 #488C2B

tetradic

#2B488C #8C2B78 #8C6F2B #2B8C3E

square

#2B488C #8C2B78 #8C6F2B #2B8C3E

split-complementary

#2B488C #8C3E2B #788C2B

monochromatic

#0E182E #1D305D #2B488C #3960BB #6283CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#2B488C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#2B488C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B488C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B488C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B488C	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25508F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F478B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b488c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 72, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.118 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707aae',
    500: '#2b488c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b488c;
$custom-light: #707aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b488c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.062,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41745,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B488C

secondary

#B59B5E

accent

#B14BDC

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B488C

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

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