#2E40BA#2E40BA

#2E40BA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.191 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E40BA
RGB	rgb(46, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(232, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(232, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 36.02, -66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 75.26, 298.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% -0.0005 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.191 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8200, 7.7915, 47.3258)
Luminance	0.0779 (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

#2E40BA #BAA82E

analogous

#2E86BA #2E40BA #622EBA

triadic

#2E40BA #BA2E40 #40BA2E

tetradic

#2E40BA #BA2E86 #BAA82E #2EBA62

square

#2E40BA #BA2E86 #BAA82E #2EBA62

split-complementary

#2E40BA #BA622E #86BA2E

monochromatic

#161E58 #222F89 #2E40BA #5162D4 #828EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#2E40BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#2E40BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E40BA

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E40BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E40BA	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e40ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.191 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c75d0',
    500: '#2e40ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e40ba;
$custom-light: #7c75d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e40ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.286,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44149,
    "c": 0.19112,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E40BA

secondary

#C9BF7B

accent

#CF44E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0814

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E40BA

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

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