#2E42B6#2E42B6

#2E42B6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.184 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42B6
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 182)
HSL	hsl(231, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(231, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 63.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.68, 33.29, -63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.68, 71.70, 297.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% -0.0015 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.184 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5155, 7.8534, 45.1559)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42B6 #B6A22E

analogous

#2E86B6 #2E42B6 #5E2EB6

triadic

#2E42B6 #B62E42 #42B62E

tetradic

#2E42B6 #B62E86 #B6A22E #2EB65E

square

#2E42B6 #B62E86 #B6A22E #2EB65E

split-complementary

#2E42B6 #B65E2E #86B62E

monochromatic

#151F54 #223085 #2E42B6 #4F62D2 #808EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#2E42B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#2E42B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42B6

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42B6	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.184 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b76cd',
    500: '#2e42b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42b6;
$custom-light: #7b76cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.176,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44136,
    "c": 0.18357,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42B6

secondary

#C8BC78

accent

#CC45E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0814

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42B6

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

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