#2E42AC#2E42AC

#2E42AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.170 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42AC
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(230, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(230, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 61.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 29.62, -58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 65.98, 296.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% -0.0013 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.17 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5188, 7.4547, 39.9063)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42AC #AC982E

analogous

#2E81AC #2E42AC #592EAC

triadic

#2E42AC #AC2E42 #42AC2E

tetradic

#2E42AC #AC2E81 #AC982E #2EAC59

square

#2E42AC #AC2E81 #AC982E #2EAC59

split-complementary

#2E42AC #AC592E #81AC2E

monochromatic

#141D4B #212F7C #2E42AC #495ECE #7989DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#2E42AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#2E42AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42AC

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42AC	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.170 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7976c6',
    500: '#2e42ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42ac;
$custom-light: #7976c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.476,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4324,
    "c": 0.17024,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42AC

secondary

#C3B772

accent

#C947E1

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42AC

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

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