#2E38AC#2E38AC

#2E38AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.182 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E38AC
RGB	rgb(46, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, 36.06, -62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 72.56, 299.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.44% 0.0054 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(41.44% 0.182 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9848, 6.3867, 39.7283)
Luminance	0.0639 (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

#2E38AC #ACA22E

analogous

#2E77AC #2E38AC #632EAC

triadic

#2E38AC #AC2E38 #38AC2E

tetradic

#2E38AC #AC2E77 #ACA22E #2EAC63

square

#2E38AC #AC2E77 #ACA22E #2EAC63

split-complementary

#2E38AC #AC632E #77AC2E

monochromatic

#14194B #21287C #2E38AC #4953CE #7981DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#2E38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#2E38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E38AC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E38AC	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.182 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6fc6',
    500: '#2e38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e38ac;
$custom-light: #7a6fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.238,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41441,
    "c": 0.18216,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E38AC

secondary

#C3BD72

accent

#D547E1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E38AC

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

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