#2E408B#2E408B

#2E408B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.126 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E408B
RGB	rgb(46, 64, 139)
HSL	hsl(228, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(228, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 54%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.69, 18.64, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.69, 47.80, 292.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% -0.0006 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.126 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6187, 6.1110, 25.1991)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E408B #8B792E

analogous

#2E6F8B #2E408B #4B2E8B

triadic

#2E408B #8B2E40 #408B2E

tetradic

#2E408B #8B2E6F #8B792E #2E8B4B

square

#2E408B #8B2E6F #8B792E #2E8B4B

split-complementary

#2E408B #8B4B2E #6F8B2E

monochromatic

#10162F #1F2B5D #2E408B #3D55B9 #677ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#2E408B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#2E408B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E408B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E408B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E408B	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e408b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 64, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.126 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7274ad',
    500: '#2e408b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e408b;
$custom-light: #7274ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e408b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.387,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40086,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E408B

secondary

#B3A461

accent

#BF4EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E408B

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

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