#2E38B0#2E38B0

#2E38B0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.187 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E38B0
RGB	rgb(46, 56, 176)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, 37.48, -64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 74.81, 300.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.0051 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.187 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3747, 6.5427, 41.7820)
Luminance	0.0654 (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

#2E38B0 #B0A62E

analogous

#2E79B0 #2E38B0 #652EB0

triadic

#2E38B0 #B02E38 #38B02E

tetradic

#2E38B0 #B02E79 #B0A62E #2EB065

square

#2E38B0 #B02E79 #B0A62E #2EB065

split-complementary

#2E38B0 #B0652E #79B02E

monochromatic

#15194F #21297F #2E38B0 #4B55D0 #7C83DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#2E38B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#2E38B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E38B0

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E38B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E38B0	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00596F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e38b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.187 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6fc9',
    500: '#2e38b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e38b0;
$custom-light: #7b6fc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e38b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 58.559,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41826,
    "c": 0.18734,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E38B0

secondary

#C5BF75

accent

#D646E2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E38B0

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

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