#2E42E2#2E42E2

#2E42E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.238 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E42E2
RGB	rgb(46, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(233, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(233, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 48.77, -82.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 95.66, 300.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% -0.0051 -0.2384)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.239 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7977, 9.9663, 72.9751)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.11

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E42E2 #E2CE2E

analogous

#2E9CE2 #2E42E2 #742EE2

triadic

#2E42E2 #E22E42 #42E22E

tetradic

#2E42E2 #E22E9C #E2CE2E #2EE274

square

#2E42E2 #E22E9C #E2CE2E #2EE274

split-complementary

#2E42E2 #E2742E #9CE22E

monochromatic

#121F83 #1A2BB9 #2E42E2 #6473E9 #99A3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#2E42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#2E42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E42E2

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E42E2	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.238 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8677ec',
    500: '#2e42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e42e2;
$custom-light: #8677ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 75.63,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48364,
    "c": 0.2385,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E42E2

secondary

#DDD48F

accent

#DD36F2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F1EDFD

border

#CBC8D5

text

#0D0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E42E2

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

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