#2E38B6#2E38B6

#2E38B6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.195 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E38B6
RGB	rgb(46, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 39.59, -67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 78.15, 300.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0044 -0.195)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.195 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9815, 6.7854, 44.9779)
Luminance	0.0679 (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

#2E38B6 #B6AC2E

analogous

#2E7CB6 #2E38B6 #682EB6

triadic

#2E38B6 #B62E38 #38B62E

tetradic

#2E38B6 #B62E7C #B6AC2E #2EB668

square

#2E38B6 #B62E7C #B6AC2E #2EB668

split-complementary

#2E38B6 #B6682E #7CB62E

monochromatic

#151A54 #222985 #2E38B6 #4F58D2 #8087DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#2E38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#2E38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E38B6

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E38B6	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.195 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6fcd',
    500: '#2e38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e38b6;
$custom-light: #7c6fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.588,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42413,
    "c": 0.195,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E38B6

secondary

#C8C278

accent

#D745E3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E38B6

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

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