#2E45A5#2E45A5

#2E45A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.157 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E45A5
RGB	rgb(46, 69, 165)
HSL	hsl(228, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(228, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 58.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 25.04, -54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 59.90, 294.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% -0.0036 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.157 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0440, 7.5527, 36.5185)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E45A5 #A58E2E

analogous

#2E81A5 #2E45A5 #532EA5

triadic

#2E45A5 #A52E45 #45A52E

tetradic

#2E45A5 #A52E81 #A58E2E #2EA553

square

#2E45A5 #A52E81 #A58E2E #2EA553

split-complementary

#2E45A5 #A5532E #81A52E

monochromatic

#131D45 #213175 #2E45A5 #455FCB #7588D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#2E45A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#2E45A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E45A5

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E45A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E45A5	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e45a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 69, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.157 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7778c0',
    500: '#2e45a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e45a5;
$custom-light: #7778c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e45a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.403,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43221,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E45A5

secondary

#C0B06F

accent

#C248E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E45A5

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

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