#2E429F#2E429F

#2E429F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E429F
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 159)
HSL	hsl(229, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(229, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 58.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 24.79, -52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 58.40, 295.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% -0.0013 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.152 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3308, 6.9795, 33.6496)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E429F #9F8B2E

analogous

#2E7A9F #2E429F #532E9F

triadic

#2E429F #9F2E42 #429F2E

tetradic

#2E429F #9F2E7A #9F8B2E #2E9F53

square

#2E429F #9F2E7A #9F8B2E #2E9F53

split-complementary

#2E429F #9F532E #7A9F2E

monochromatic

#131B40 #202E70 #2E429F #425AC8 #7183D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#2E429F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#2E429F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E429F

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E429F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E429F	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e429f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7676bc',
    500: '#2e429f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e429f;
$custom-light: #7676bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e429f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.381,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42121,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E429F

secondary

#BEAF6B

accent

#C449DE

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E429F

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

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