#2E42B1#2E42B1

#2E42B1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.177 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42B1
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 177)
HSL	hsl(231, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(231, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 62.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 31.46, -61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 68.85, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% -0.0014 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.177 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0080, 7.6504, 42.4830)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42B1 #B19D2E

analogous

#2E83B1 #2E42B1 #5B2EB1

triadic

#2E42B1 #B12E42 #42B12E

tetradic

#2E42B1 #B12E83 #B19D2E #2EB15B

square

#2E42B1 #B12E83 #B19D2E #2EB15B

split-complementary

#2E42B1 #B15B2E #83B12E

monochromatic

#151E50 #213080 #2E42B1 #4C60D0 #7C8BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#2E42B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#2E42B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42B1

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42B1	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.177 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a76c9',
    500: '#2e42b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42b1;
$custom-light: #7a76c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.84,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43685,
    "c": 0.17695,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42B1

secondary

#C6B975

accent

#CA46E2

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42B1

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

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