#2E48B4#2E48B4

#2E48B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.174 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E48B4
RGB	rgb(46, 72, 180)
HSL	hsl(228, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(228, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 60%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, 28.65, -60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 66.60, 295.49°)
OKLab	oklab(45.08% -0.0056 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(45.08% 0.174 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6794, 8.5096, 44.1982)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E48B4 #B49A2E

analogous

#2E8BB4 #2E48B4 #572EB4

triadic

#2E48B4 #B42E48 #48B42E

tetradic

#2E48B4 #B42E8B #B49A2E #2EB457

square

#2E48B4 #B42E8B #B49A2E #2EB457

split-complementary

#2E48B4 #B4572E #8BB42E

monochromatic

#152153 #223583 #2E48B4 #4E67D2 #7E91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#2E48B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#2E48B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E48B4

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E48B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E48B4	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e48b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 72, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.174 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a7acb',
    500: '#2e48b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e48b4;
$custom-light: #7a7acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e48b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.358,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45081,
    "c": 0.17367,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E48B4

secondary

#C7B777

accent

#C445E2

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E48B4

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

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