#2E4497#2E4497

#2E4497 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.138 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E4497
RGB	rgb(46, 68, 151)
HSL	hsl(227, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(227, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 55%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 20.45, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 52.30, 293.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% -0.0035 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.138 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7778, 6.9486, 30.1508)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E4497 #97812E

analogous

#2E7897 #2E4497 #4D2E97

triadic

#2E4497 #972E44 #44972E

tetradic

#2E4497 #972E78 #97812E #2E974D

square

#2E4497 #972E78 #97812E #2E974D

split-complementary

#2E4497 #974D2E #78972E

monochromatic

#111A39 #202F68 #2E4497 #3E5AC4 #6D82D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#2E4497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#2E4497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E4497

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E4497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E4497	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05509A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e4497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 68, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.138 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7477b6',
    500: '#2e4497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e4497;
$custom-light: #7477b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e4497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.429,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41874,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E4497

secondary

#BAA867

accent

#BE4BDD

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E4497

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →