#2E438C#2E438C

#2E438C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.124 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E438C
RGB	rgb(46, 67, 140)
HSL	hsl(227, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 52.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 16.98, -43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 46.37, 291.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% -0.0035 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.124 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8659, 6.4879, 25.6436)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E438C #8C772E

analogous

#2E728C #2E438C #482E8C

triadic

#2E438C #8C2E43 #438C2E

tetradic

#2E438C #8C2E72 #8C772E #2E8C48

square

#2E438C #8C2E72 #8C772E #2E8C48

split-complementary

#2E438C #8C482E #728C2E

monochromatic

#101730 #1F2D5E #2E438C #3D59BA #677ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#2E438C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#2E438C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E438C

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E438C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E438C	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e438c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 67, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.124 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7276ae',
    500: '#2e438c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e438c;
$custom-light: #7276ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e438c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.596,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40806,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E438C

secondary

#B4A262

accent

#BB4EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E438C

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

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