#2E42A4#2E42A4

#2E42A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.159 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42A4
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 164)
HSL	hsl(230, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(230, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 59.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 26.66, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 61.33, 295.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% -0.0012 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.159 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7735, 7.1566, 35.9811)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42A4 #A4902E

analogous

#2E7DA4 #2E42A4 #552EA4

triadic

#2E42A4 #A42E42 #42A42E

tetradic

#2E42A4 #A42E7D #A4902E #2EA455

square

#2E42A4 #A42E7D #A4902E #2EA455

split-complementary

#2E42A4 #A4552E #7DA42E

monochromatic

#131C44 #212F74 #2E42A4 #455BCB #7485D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#2E42A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#2E42A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42A4

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42A4	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.159 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776c0',
    500: '#2e42a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42a4;
$custom-light: #7776c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.831,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42545,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42A4

secondary

#C0B26E

accent

#C648DF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42A4

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

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