#2E45A8#2E45A8

#2E45A8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.161 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E45A8
RGB	rgb(46, 69, 168)
HSL	hsl(229, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(229, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 58.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 26.16, -55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 61.65, 295.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% -0.0035 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.161 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3203, 7.6632, 37.9734)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E45A8 #A8912E

analogous

#2E82A8 #2E45A8 #542EA8

triadic

#2E45A8 #A82E45 #45A82E

tetradic

#2E45A8 #A82E82 #A8912E #2EA854

square

#2E45A8 #A82E82 #A8912E #2EA854

split-complementary

#2E45A8 #A8542E #82A82E

monochromatic

#141E48 #213178 #2E45A8 #4760CD #7789DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#2E45A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#2E45A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E45A8

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E45A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E45A8	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e45a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 69, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.161 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7878c3',
    500: '#2e45a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e45a8;
$custom-light: #7878c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e45a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.689,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43473,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E45A8

secondary

#C2B270

accent

#C348E0

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E45A8

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

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