#2B488E#2B488E

#2B488E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.121 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B488E
RGB	rgb(43, 72, 142)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(222, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 49.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 13.84, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 44.31, 288.20°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% -0.0111 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.121 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1944, 7.1005, 26.5246)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B488E #8E712B

analogous

#2B7A8E #2B488E #402B8E

triadic

#2B488E #8E2B48 #488E2B

tetradic

#2B488E #8E2B7A #8E712B #2B8E40

square

#2B488E #8E2B7A #8E712B #2B8E40

split-complementary

#2B488E #8E402B #7A8E2B

monochromatic

#0F1830 #1D305F #2B488E #3960BD #6383D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#2B488E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#2B488E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B488E

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B488E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B488E	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A478D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b488e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 72, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.121 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707aaf',
    500: '#2b488e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b488e;
$custom-light: #707aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b488e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.424,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41891,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B488E

secondary

#B69C5F

accent

#B24BDD

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B488E

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

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