#2E488E#2E488E

#2E488E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.120 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E488E
RGB	rgb(46, 72, 142)
HSL	hsl(224, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 49.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 14.35, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 44.23, 288.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% -0.0082 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.12 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3249, 7.1678, 26.5307)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E488E #8E742E

analogous

#2E788E #2E488E #442E8E

triadic

#2E488E #8E2E48 #488E2E

tetradic

#2E488E #8E2E78 #8E742E #2E8E44

square

#2E488E #8E2E78 #8E742E #2E8E44

split-complementary

#2E488E #8E442E #788E2E

monochromatic

#101932 #1F3160 #2E488E #3D5FBC #6884CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#2E488E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#2E488E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E488E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E488E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E488E	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e488e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 72, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.120 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727aaf',
    500: '#2e488e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e488e;
$custom-light: #727aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e488e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.75,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42047,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E488E

secondary

#B59F63

accent

#B44DDB

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#090910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E488E

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

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