#2E3799#2E3799

#2E3799 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.158 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E3799
RGB	rgb(46, 55, 153)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(235, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 64.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 29.87, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 62.31, 298.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0075 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.158 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2407, 5.6123, 30.7798)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E3799 #99902E

analogous

#2E6D99 #2E3799 #5B2E99

triadic

#2E3799 #992E37 #37992E

tetradic

#2E3799 #992E6D #99902E #2E995B

square

#2E3799 #992E6D #99902E #2E995B

split-complementary

#2E3799 #995B2E #6D992E

monochromatic

#12153B #20266A #2E3799 #3F4AC5 #6E77D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#2E3799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#2E3799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E3799

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E3799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E3799	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e3799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 55, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.158 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756eb8',
    500: '#2e3799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e3799;
$custom-light: #756eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e3799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.953,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39485,
    "c": 0.158,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E3799

secondary

#BBB468

accent

#D14BDD

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E3799

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

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