#2E38B7#2E38B7

#2E38B7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.196 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E38B7
RGB	rgb(46, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 39.94, -67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 78.70, 300.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.0043 -0.1962)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.196 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0852, 6.8269, 45.5241)
Luminance	0.0683 (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

#2E38B7 #B7AD2E

analogous

#2E7DB7 #2E38B7 #682EB7

triadic

#2E38B7 #B72E38 #38B72E

tetradic

#2E38B7 #B72E7D #B7AD2E #2EB768

square

#2E38B7 #B72E7D #B7AD2E #2EB768

split-complementary

#2E38B7 #B7682E #7DB72E

monochromatic

#151A55 #222986 #2E38B7 #4F59D3 #8087DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#2E38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#2E38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E38B7

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E38B7	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.196 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6fce',
    500: '#2e38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e38b7;
$custom-light: #7c6fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.62,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42512,
    "c": 0.19627,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E38B7

secondary

#C8C279

accent

#D745E3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E38B7

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

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