#2E42A5#2E42A5

#2E42A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.161 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42A5
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 165)
HSL	hsl(230, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(230, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 60%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 27.03, -55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 61.92, 295.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% -0.0012 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.161 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8641, 7.1929, 36.4585)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42A5 #A5912E

analogous

#2E7EA5 #2E42A5 #562EA5

triadic

#2E42A5 #A52E42 #42A52E

tetradic

#2E42A5 #A52E7E #A5912E #2EA556

square

#2E42A5 #A52E7E #A5912E #2EA556

split-complementary

#2E42A5 #A5562E #7EA52E

monochromatic

#131C45 #212F75 #2E42A5 #455CCB #7586D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#2E42A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#2E42A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42A5

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42A5	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.161 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776c0',
    500: '#2e42a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42a5;
$custom-light: #7776c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.916,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42631,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42A5

secondary

#C0B36F

accent

#C648E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42A5

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

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