#2E478B#2E478B

#2E478B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.117 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E478B
RGB	rgb(46, 71, 139)
HSL	hsl(224, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 48.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 13.89, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 43.09, 288.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% -0.0077 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.117 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0385, 6.9507, 25.3391)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E478B #8B722E

analogous

#2E768B #2E478B #442E8B

triadic

#2E478B #8B2E47 #478B2E

tetradic

#2E478B #8B2E76 #8B722E #2E8B44

square

#2E478B #8B2E76 #8B722E #2E8B44

split-complementary

#2E478B #8B442E #768B2E

monochromatic

#10182F #1F305D #2E478B #3D5EB9 #6782CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#2E478B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#2E478B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E478B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E478B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E478B	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)

#244F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11478A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e478b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 71, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.117 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7179ad',
    500: '#2e478b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e478b;
$custom-light: #7179ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e478b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.871,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41608,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E478B

secondary

#B39D61

accent

#B44EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E478B

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

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