#2E408C#2E408C

#2E408C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.128 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E408C
RGB	rgb(46, 64, 140)
HSL	hsl(229, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(229, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 54.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 19.02, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 48.41, 293.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% -0.0005 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.128 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6921, 6.1404, 25.5857)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E408C #8C7A2E

analogous

#2E6F8C #2E408C #4B2E8C

triadic

#2E408C #8C2E40 #408C2E

tetradic

#2E408C #8C2E6F #8C7A2E #2E8C4B

square

#2E408C #8C2E6F #8C7A2E #2E8C4B

split-complementary

#2E408C #8C4B2E #6F8C2E

monochromatic

#101630 #1F2B5E #2E408C #3D55BA #677BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#2E408C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#2E408C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E408C

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E408C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E408C	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e408c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 64, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.128 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7274ae',
    500: '#2e408c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e408c;
$custom-light: #7274ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e408c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.511,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40165,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E408C

secondary

#B4A462

accent

#BF4EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E408C

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

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