#2E4B8E#2E4B8E

#2E4B8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.116 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E4B8E
RGB	rgb(46, 75, 142)
HSL	hsl(222, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(222, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 47.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 12.34, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 42.27, 286.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% -0.0113 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.116 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5236, 7.5652, 26.5970)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E4B8E #8E712E

analogous

#2E7B8E #2E4B8E #412E8E

triadic

#2E4B8E #8E2E4B #4B8E2E

tetradic

#2E4B8E #8E2E7B #8E712E #2E8E41

square

#2E4B8E #8E2E7B #8E712E #2E8E41

split-complementary

#2E4B8E #8E412E #7B8E2E

monochromatic

#101A32 #1F3360 #2E4B8E #3D63BC #6887CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#2E4B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#2E4B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E4B8E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E4B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E4B8E	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e4b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 75, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.116 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727caf',
    500: '#2e4b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e4b8e;
$custom-light: #727caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e4b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42716,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E4B8E

secondary

#B59C63

accent

#B04DDB

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#090910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E4B8E

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

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