#2E4996#2E4996

#2E4996 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.130 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E4996
RGB	rgb(46, 73, 150)
HSL	hsl(224, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(224, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 51.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 16.70, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 48.35, 290.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% -0.0082 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.13 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0124, 7.5471, 29.8300)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E4996 #967B2E

analogous

#2E7D96 #2E4996 #472E96

triadic

#2E4996 #962E49 #49962E

tetradic

#2E4996 #962E7D #967B2E #2E9647

square

#2E4996 #962E7D #967B2E #2E9647

split-complementary

#2E4996 #96472E #7D962E

monochromatic

#111B38 #203267 #2E4996 #3E60C4 #6C87D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#2E4996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#2E4996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E4996

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E4996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E4996	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C5399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e4996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 73, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.130 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bb5',
    500: '#2e4996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e4996;
$custom-light: #737bb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e4996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.423,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42859,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E4996

secondary

#B9A467

accent

#B74BDC

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E4996

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

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