#2E42A9#2E42A9

#2E42A9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.166 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42A9
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 169)
HSL	hsl(230, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(230, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 60.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.57, 28.51, -57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.57, 64.24, 296.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% -0.0012 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.166 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2339, 7.3408, 38.4060)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42A9 #A9952E

analogous

#2E80A9 #2E42A9 #582EA9

triadic

#2E42A9 #A92E42 #42A92E

tetradic

#2E42A9 #A92E80 #A9952E #2EA958

square

#2E42A9 #A92E80 #A9952E #2EA958

split-complementary

#2E42A9 #A9582E #80A92E

monochromatic

#141C49 #212F79 #2E42A9 #475DCD #7787DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#2E42A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#2E42A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42A9

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42A9	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.166 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7876c3',
    500: '#2e42a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42a9;
$custom-light: #7876c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.244,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42977,
    "c": 0.16617,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42A9

secondary

#C2B571

accent

#C847E0

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42A9

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

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