#2E428C#2E428C

#2E428C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.125 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E428C
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 140)
HSL	hsl(227, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 52.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 17.66, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 47.04, 292.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% -0.0025 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.125 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8069, 6.3700, 25.6240)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E428C #8C782E

analogous

#2E718C #2E428C #492E8C

triadic

#2E428C #8C2E42 #428C2E

tetradic

#2E428C #8C2E71 #8C782E #2E8C49

square

#2E428C #8C2E71 #8C782E #2E8C49

split-complementary

#2E428C #8C492E #718C2E

monochromatic

#101730 #1F2C5E #2E428C #3D58BA #677DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#2E428C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#2E428C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E428C

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E428C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E428C	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e428c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.125 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7276ae',
    500: '#2e428c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e428c;
$custom-light: #7276ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e428c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.234,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4059,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E428C

secondary

#B4A262

accent

#BC4EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E428C

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

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