#2E35A6#2E35A6

#2E35A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.178 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E35A6
RGB	rgb(46, 53, 166)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(237, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.11, 35.82, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.11, 71.12, 300.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0079 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.178 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2804, 5.8793, 36.7147)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E35A6 #A69F2E

analogous

#2E71A6 #2E35A6 #632EA6

triadic

#2E35A6 #A62E35 #35A62E

tetradic

#2E35A6 #A62E71 #A69F2E #2EA663

square

#2E35A6 #A62E71 #A69F2E #2EA663

split-complementary

#2E35A6 #A6632E #71A62E

monochromatic

#131646 #212676 #2E35A6 #464DCC #767BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#2E35A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#2E35A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E35A6

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E35A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E35A6	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e35a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 53, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.178 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc1',
    500: '#2e35a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e35a6;
$custom-light: #796dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e35a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40353,
    "c": 0.17778,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E35A6

secondary

#C1BC6F

accent

#D748E0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E35A6

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

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