#2E48B3#2E48B3

#2E48B3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.172 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E48B3
RGB	rgb(46, 72, 179)
HSL	hsl(228, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(228, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 59.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 28.28, -59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 66.02, 295.37°)
OKLab	oklab(45% -0.0056 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.172 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5779, 8.4690, 43.6636)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E48B3 #B3992E

analogous

#2E8BB3 #2E48B3 #572EB3

triadic

#2E48B3 #B32E48 #48B32E

tetradic

#2E48B3 #B32E8B #B3992E #2EB357

square

#2E48B3 #B32E8B #B3992E #2EB357

split-complementary

#2E48B3 #B3572E #8BB32E

monochromatic

#152152 #213482 #2E48B3 #4D67D1 #7E90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#2E48B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#2E48B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E48B3

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E48B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E48B3	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e48b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 72, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.172 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a7acb',
    500: '#2e48b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e48b3;
$custom-light: #7a7acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e48b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.271,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44995,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E48B3

secondary

#C6B776

accent

#C446E2

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E48B3

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

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