#2E498F#2E498F

#2E498F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.120 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E498F
RGB	rgb(46, 73, 143)
HSL	hsl(223, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(223, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 49%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 14.06, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 44.17, 288.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% -0.0091 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.12 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4655, 7.3283, 26.9496)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E498F #8F742E

analogous

#2E7A8F #2E498F #442E8F

triadic

#2E498F #8F2E49 #498F2E

tetradic

#2E498F #8F2E7A #8F742E #2E8F44

square

#2E498F #8F2E7A #8F742E #2E8F44

split-complementary

#2E498F #8F442E #7A8F2E

monochromatic

#101A32 #1F3161 #2E498F #3D61BD #6985CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#2E498F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#2E498F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E498F

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E498F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E498F	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F488E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e498f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 73, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.120 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727bb0',
    500: '#2e498f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e498f;
$custom-light: #727bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e498f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.299,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42342,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E498F

secondary

#B69F63

accent

#B34DDB

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#090910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E498F

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

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