#2E38D7#2E38D7

#2E38D7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.235 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E38D7
RGB	rgb(46, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(236, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, 50.79, -81.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 95.77, 302.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.78% 0 -0.2352)
OKLCH	oklch(45.78% 0.235 270)
XYZ	xyz(14.8024, 8.3138, 65.1014)
Luminance	0.0832 (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

#2E38D7 #D7CD2E

analogous

#2E8CD7 #2E38D7 #782ED7

triadic

#2E38D7 #D72E38 #38D72E

tetradic

#2E38D7 #D72E8C #D7CD2E #2ED778

square

#2E38D7 #D72E8C #D7CD2E #2ED778

split-complementary

#2E38D7 #D7782E #8CD72E

monochromatic

#161C74 #2028A8 #2E38D7 #6169E1 #959AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#2E38D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#2E38D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E38D7

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E38D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E38D7	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.235 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470e5',
    500: '#2e38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e38d7;
$custom-light: #8470e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.45,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45778,
    "c": 0.2352,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.08315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E38D7

secondary

#D6D18B

accent

#E03DEB

background

#F9F6FE

surface

#F1ECFC

border

#CBC7D5

text

#0D0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E38D7

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

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