#2E40B6#2E40B6

#2E40B6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.186 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E40B6
RGB	rgb(46, 64, 182)
HSL	hsl(232, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(232, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 64.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 34.57, -64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 73.01, 298.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% -0.0003 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.186 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4007, 7.6238, 45.1176)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.73

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E40B6 #B6A42E

analogous

#2E84B6 #2E40B6 #602EB6

triadic

#2E40B6 #B62E40 #40B62E

tetradic

#2E40B6 #B62E84 #B6A42E #2EB660

square

#2E40B6 #B62E84 #B6A42E #2EB660

split-complementary

#2E40B6 #B6602E #84B62E

monochromatic

#151E54 #222F85 #2E40B6 #4F60D2 #808CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#2E40B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#2E40B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E40B6

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E40B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E40B6	1.00	8.32	2.53	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e40b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 64, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.186 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b75cd',
    500: '#2e40b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e40b6;
$custom-light: #7b75cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e40b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.059,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43777,
    "c": 0.18592,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E40B6

secondary

#C8BD78

accent

#CE45E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0814

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E40B6

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

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