#2E48A8#2E48A8

#2E48A8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.157 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E48A8
RGB	rgb(46, 72, 168)
HSL	hsl(227, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(227, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 57.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.07, 24.17, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.07, 59.65, 293.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% -0.0059 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.157 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5095, 8.0416, 38.0365)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E48A8 #A88E2E

analogous

#2E85A8 #2E48A8 #512EA8

triadic

#2E48A8 #A82E48 #48A82E

tetradic

#2E48A8 #A82E85 #A88E2E #2EA851

square

#2E48A8 #A82E85 #A88E2E #2EA851

split-complementary

#2E48A8 #A8512E #85A82E

monochromatic

#141F48 #213378 #2E48A8 #4763CD #778CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#2E48A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#2E48A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E48A8

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E48A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E48A8	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e48a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 72, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.157 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777ac3',
    500: '#2e48a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e48a8;
$custom-light: #777ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e48a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.213,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4407,
    "c": 0.15728,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E48A8

secondary

#C2B070

accent

#C048E0

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E48A8

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

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