#2E428B#2E428B

#2E428B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.124 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E428B
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 139)
HSL	hsl(227, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 52.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 17.28, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 46.44, 291.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% -0.0026 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.124 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7335, 6.3406, 25.2374)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E428B #8B772E

analogous

#2E718B #2E428B #492E8B

triadic

#2E428B #8B2E42 #428B2E

tetradic

#2E428B #8B2E71 #8B772E #2E8B49

square

#2E428B #8B2E71 #8B772E #2E8B49

split-complementary

#2E428B #8B492E #718B2E

monochromatic

#10162F #1F2C5D #2E428B #3D58B9 #677DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#2E428B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#2E428B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E428B

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E428B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E428B	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e428b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.124 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7176ad',
    500: '#2e428b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e428b;
$custom-light: #7176ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e428b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.097,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40514,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E428B

secondary

#B3A261

accent

#BC4EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E428B

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

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