#2E238E#2E238E

#2E238E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.167 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E238E
RGB	rgb(46, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(246, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(246, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.78, 38.46, -57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.78, 68.90, 303.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0233 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.167 278)
XYZ	xyz(6.6087, 3.7353, 25.9587)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E238E #838E23

analogous

#234E8E #2E238E #63238E

triadic

#2E238E #8E2E23 #238E2E

tetradic

#2E238E #8E234E #838E23 #238E63

square

#2E238E #8E234E #838E23 #238E63

split-complementary

#2E238E #8E6323 #4E8E23

monochromatic

#0E0B2C #1E175D #2E238E #3E2FBF #6356D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#2E238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#2E238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E238E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E238E	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.167 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7560b0',
    500: '#2e238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e238e;
$custom-light: #7560b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.168,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35095,
    "c": 0.16671,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.03736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E238E

secondary

#AFB953

accent

#E444D3

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E238E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →