#2E42B2#2E42B2

#2E42B2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.178 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42B2
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(231, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(231, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, 31.83, -61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 69.42, 297.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% -0.0014 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.178 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1081, 7.6904, 43.0098)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42B2 #B29E2E

analogous

#2E84B2 #2E42B2 #5C2EB2

triadic

#2E42B2 #B22E42 #42B22E

tetradic

#2E42B2 #B22E84 #B29E2E #2EB25C

square

#2E42B2 #B22E84 #B29E2E #2EB25C

split-complementary

#2E42B2 #B25C2E #84B22E

monochromatic

#151E51 #213081 #2E42B2 #4C60D1 #7D8CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#2E42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#2E42B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42B2

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42B2	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.178 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a76ca',
    500: '#2e42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42b2;
$custom-light: #7a76ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.909,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43775,
    "c": 0.17829,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42B2

secondary

#C6BA76

accent

#CA46E2

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42B2

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

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