#2E42A2#2E42A2

#2E42A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.157 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42A2
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(230, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(230, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 59.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 25.91, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 60.16, 295.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% -0.0013 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.157 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5943, 7.0849, 35.0373)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42A2 #A28E2E

analogous

#2E7CA2 #2E42A2 #542EA2

triadic

#2E42A2 #A22E42 #42A22E

tetradic

#2E42A2 #A22E7C #A28E2E #2EA254

square

#2E42A2 #A22E7C #A28E2E #2EA254

split-complementary

#2E42A2 #A2542E #7CA22E

monochromatic

#131B43 #202F72 #2E42A2 #435BCA #7384D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#2E42A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#2E42A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42A2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42A2	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.157 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776be',
    500: '#2e42a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42a2;
$custom-light: #7776be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.655,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42375,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42A2

secondary

#BFB16D

accent

#C549DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42A2

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

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