#2E438B#2E438B

#2E438B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.122 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E438B
RGB	rgb(46, 67, 139)
HSL	hsl(226, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 51.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 16.60, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 45.76, 291.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% -0.0036 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.122 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7925, 6.4585, 25.2571)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E438B #8B762E

analogous

#2E728B #2E438B #482E8B

triadic

#2E438B #8B2E43 #438B2E

tetradic

#2E438B #8B2E72 #8B762E #2E8B48

square

#2E438B #8B2E72 #8B762E #2E8B48

split-complementary

#2E438B #8B482E #728B2E

monochromatic

#10172F #1F2D5D #2E438B #3D59B9 #677ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#2E438B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2E438B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E438B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E438B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E438B	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e438b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 67, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.122 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7176ad',
    500: '#2e438b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e438b;
$custom-light: #7176ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e438b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4073,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E438B

secondary

#B3A161

accent

#BA4EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E438B

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

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