#2E42B7#2E42B7

#2E42B7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.185 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42B7
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(231, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(231, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 63.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 33.66, -63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 72.26, 297.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% -0.0016 -0.1849)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.185 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6192, 7.8949, 45.7021)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42B7 #B7A32E

analogous

#2E86B7 #2E42B7 #5F2EB7

triadic

#2E42B7 #B72E42 #42B72E

tetradic

#2E42B7 #B72E86 #B7A32E #2EB75F

square

#2E42B7 #B72E86 #B7A32E #2EB75F

split-complementary

#2E42B7 #B75F2E #86B72E

monochromatic

#151F55 #223086 #2E42B7 #4F63D3 #808EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#2E42B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#2E42B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42B7

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42B7	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.185 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b76ce',
    500: '#2e42b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42b7;
$custom-light: #7b76ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.241,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44228,
    "c": 0.18489,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42B7

secondary

#C8BC79

accent

#CC45E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0814

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42B7

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

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