#2E49B4#2E49B4

#2E49B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.172 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E49B4
RGB	rgb(46, 73, 180)
HSL	hsl(228, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(228, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 59.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, 28.00, -59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 65.93, 295.13°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% -0.0063 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.172 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7446, 8.6400, 44.2199)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E49B4 #B4992E

analogous

#2E8CB4 #2E49B4 #562EB4

triadic

#2E49B4 #B42E49 #49B42E

tetradic

#2E49B4 #B42E8C #B4992E #2EB456

square

#2E49B4 #B42E8C #B4992E #2EB456

split-complementary

#2E49B4 #B4562E #8CB42E

monochromatic

#152153 #223583 #2E49B4 #4E68D2 #7E92DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#2E49B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#2E49B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E49B4

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E49B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E49B4	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e49b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 73, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.172 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a7bcb',
    500: '#2e49b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e49b4;
$custom-light: #7a7bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e49b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.91,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45274,
    "c": 0.17243,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E49B4

secondary

#C7B777

accent

#C345E2

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E49B4

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

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