#2D38CE#2D38CE

#2D38CE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.225 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D38CE
RGB	rgb(45, 56, 206)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 47.73, -77.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 91.11, 301.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.79% 0.0003 -0.2248)
OKLCH	oklch(44.79% 0.225 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6331, 7.8409, 59.1755)
Luminance	0.0784 (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

#2D38CE #CEC32D

analogous

#2D88CE #2D38CE #732DCE

triadic

#2D38CE #CE2D38 #38CE2D

tetradic

#2D38CE #CE2D88 #CEC32D #2DCE73

square

#2D38CE #CE2D88 #CEC32D #2DCE73

split-complementary

#2D38CE #CE732D #88CE2D

monochromatic

#171D6A #222A9C #2D38CE #5D65DC #8F95E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#2D38CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#2D38CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D38CE

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D38CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D38CE	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d38ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 56, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.225 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8170de',
    500: '#2d38ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d38ce;
$custom-light: #8170de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d38ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.901,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44792,
    "c": 0.22479,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D38CE

secondary

#D1CC86

accent

#DC41E7

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0C0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D38CE

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

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