#2E38B3#2E38B3

#2E38B3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.191 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E38B3
RGB	rgb(46, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 68.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 38.54, -66.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 76.48, 300.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.0047 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.191 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6748, 6.6627, 43.3625)
Luminance	0.0666 (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

#2E38B3 #B3A92E

analogous

#2E7BB3 #2E38B3 #672EB3

triadic

#2E38B3 #B32E38 #38B32E

tetradic

#2E38B3 #B32E7B #B3A92E #2EB367

square

#2E38B3 #B32E7B #B3A92E #2EB367

split-complementary

#2E38B3 #B3672E #7BB32E

monochromatic

#151A52 #212982 #2E38B3 #4D57D1 #7E85DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#2E38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#2E38B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E38B3

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E38B3	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.191 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6fcb',
    500: '#2e38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e38b3;
$custom-light: #7b6fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.489,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42119,
    "c": 0.19118,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E38B3

secondary

#C6C076

accent

#D746E2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E38B3

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

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