#2E438A#2E438A

#2E438A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.121 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E438A
RGB	rgb(46, 67, 138)
HSL	hsl(226, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 51.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 16.23, -42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 45.16, 291.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% -0.0037 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.121 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7197, 6.4294, 24.8740)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E438A #8A752E

analogous

#2E718A #2E438A #472E8A

triadic

#2E438A #8A2E43 #438A2E

tetradic

#2E438A #8A2E71 #8A752E #2E8A47

square

#2E438A #8A2E71 #8A752E #2E8A47

split-complementary

#2E438A #8A472E #718A2E

monochromatic

#0F162E #1F2D5C #2E438A #3D59B8 #667ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#2E438A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2E438A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E438A

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E438A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E438A	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e438a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 67, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.121 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7176ad',
    500: '#2e438a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e438a;
$custom-light: #7176ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e438a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.304,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40654,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E438A

secondary

#B3A061

accent

#BA4EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E438A

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

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