#2E40DB#2E40DB

#2E40DB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.232 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E40DB
RGB	rgb(46, 64, 219)
HSL	hsl(234, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(234, 79%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 70.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, 47.56, -80.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 93.18, 300.69°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% -0.0035 -0.2321)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.232 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7419, 9.3603, 67.9812)
Luminance	0.0936 (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

#2E40DB #DBC92E

analogous

#2E97DB #2E40DB #732EDB

triadic

#2E40DB #DB2E40 #40DB2E

tetradic

#2E40DB #DB2E97 #DBC92E #2EDB73

square

#2E40DB #DB2E97 #DBC92E #2EDB73

split-complementary

#2E40DB #DB732E #97DB2E

monochromatic

#151F7A #1E2DAE #2E40DB #6270E4 #969FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#2E40DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#2E40DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E40DB

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E40DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E40DB	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e40db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 64, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.232 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8476e8',
    500: '#2e40db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e40db;
$custom-light: #8476e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e40db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.757,
    "s": 70.612,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47358,
    "c": 0.23216,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E40DB

secondary

#D8D08D

accent

#DB3AED

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F1EDFD

border

#CBC8D5

text

#0D0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E40DB

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

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