#1E40A6#1E40A6

#1E40A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.169 H 265.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1E40A6
RGB	rgb(30, 64, 166)
HSL	hsl(225, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(225, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 61.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 26.96, -58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 64.14, 294.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% -0.0138 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.169 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2493, 6.6949, 36.8738)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1E40A6 #A6841E

analogous

#1E84A6 #1E40A6 #401EA6

triadic

#1E40A6 #A61E40 #40A61E

tetradic

#1E40A6 #A61E84 #A6841E #1EA640

square

#1E40A6 #A61E84 #A6841E #1EA640

split-complementary

#1E40A6 #A6401E #84A61E

monochromatic

#0B183E #152C72 #1E40A6 #2955D8 #5D7EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#1E40A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#1E40A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1E40A6

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1E40A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1E40A6	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1e40a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(30, 64, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.169 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7274c1',
    500: '#1e40a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1e40a6;
$custom-light: #7274c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1e40a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 30,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41616,
    "c": 0.16891,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1E40A6

secondary

#C6AB5A

accent

#C03CEC

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1E40A6

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

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