#2E48A5#2E48A5

#2E48A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.153 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E48A5
RGB	rgb(46, 72, 165)
HSL	hsl(227, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(227, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 56.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.84, 23.04, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.84, 57.89, 293.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% -0.006 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.153 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2333, 7.9311, 36.5816)
Luminance	0.0793 (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

#2E48A5 #A58B2E

analogous

#2E84A5 #2E48A5 #502EA5

triadic

#2E48A5 #A52E48 #48A52E

tetradic

#2E48A5 #A52E84 #A58B2E #2EA550

square

#2E48A5 #A52E84 #A58B2E #2EA550

split-complementary

#2E48A5 #A5502E #84A52E

monochromatic

#131E45 #213375 #2E48A5 #4562CB #758BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#2E48A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#2E48A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E48A5

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E48A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E48A5	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e48a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 72, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.153 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777ac0',
    500: '#2e48a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e48a5;
$custom-light: #777ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e48a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.891,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43825,
    "c": 0.15311,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E48A5

secondary

#C0AE6F

accent

#BF48E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E48A5

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

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