#2D38AE#2D38AE

#2D38AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.185 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D38AE
RGB	rgb(45, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 36.66, -63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 73.72, 299.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.0042 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.185 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1338, 6.4412, 40.7454)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D38AE #AEA32D

analogous

#2D78AE #2D38AE #632DAE

triadic

#2D38AE #AE2D38 #38AE2D

tetradic

#2D38AE #AE2D78 #AEA32D #2DAE63

square

#2D38AE #AE2D78 #AEA32D #2DAE63

split-complementary

#2D38AE #AE632D #78AE2D

monochromatic

#14194D #20287D #2D38AE #4854D0 #7982DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#2D38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2D38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D38AE

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D38AE	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00586E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.185 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6fc7',
    500: '#2d38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d38ae;
$custom-light: #7a6fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.884,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41578,
    "c": 0.18502,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D38AE

secondary

#C4BD72

accent

#D546E2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D38AE

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

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