#2E38AA#2E38AA

#2E38AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.180 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E38AA
RGB	rgb(46, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.18, 35.35, -62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.18, 71.43, 299.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0056 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.18 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7941, 6.3105, 38.7243)
Luminance	0.0631 (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

#2E38AA #AAA02E

analogous

#2E76AA #2E38AA #622EAA

triadic

#2E38AA #AA2E38 #38AA2E

tetradic

#2E38AA #AA2E76 #AAA02E #2EAA62

square

#2E38AA #AA2E76 #AAA02E #2EAA62

split-complementary

#2E38AA #AA622E #76AA2E

monochromatic

#14184A #21287A #2E38AA #4853CD #7880DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#2E38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#2E38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E38AA

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E38AA	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.180 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796fc4',
    500: '#2e38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e38aa;
$custom-light: #796fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.161,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41249,
    "c": 0.17955,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E38AA

secondary

#C3BC71

accent

#D447E1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E38AA

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

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