#2E42B3#2E42B3

#2E42B3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.180 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42B3
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 179)
HSL	hsl(231, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(231, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 63.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.42, 32.19, -62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.42, 69.99, 297.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% -0.0014 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.18 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2088, 7.7308, 43.5405)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42B3 #B39F2E

analogous

#2E85B3 #2E42B3 #5C2EB3

triadic

#2E42B3 #B32E42 #42B32E

tetradic

#2E42B3 #B32E85 #B39F2E #2EB35C

square

#2E42B3 #B32E85 #B39F2E #2EB35C

split-complementary

#2E42B3 #B35C2E #85B32E

monochromatic

#151E52 #213082 #2E42B3 #4D61D1 #7E8CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#2E42B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#2E42B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42B3

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42B3	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.180 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a76cb',
    500: '#2e42b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42b3;
$custom-light: #7a76cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.977,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43865,
    "c": 0.17961,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42B3

secondary

#C6BA76

accent

#CB46E2

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42B3

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

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