#2E42A8#2E42A8

#2E42A8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.165 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42A8
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 168)
HSL	hsl(230, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(230, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.49, 28.14, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.49, 63.66, 296.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% -0.0012 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.165 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1404, 7.3034, 37.9135)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42A8 #A8942E

analogous

#2E7FA8 #2E42A8 #572EA8

triadic

#2E42A8 #A82E42 #42A82E

tetradic

#2E42A8 #A82E7F #A8942E #2EA857

square

#2E42A8 #A82E7F #A8942E #2EA857

split-complementary

#2E42A8 #A8572E #7FA82E

monochromatic

#141C48 #212F78 #2E42A8 #475DCD #7787DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#2E42A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#2E42A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42A8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42A8	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.165 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7876c3',
    500: '#2e42a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42a8;
$custom-light: #7876c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.164,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4289,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42A8

secondary

#C2B470

accent

#C748E0

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42A8

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

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