#2E4C8B#2E4C8B

#2E4C8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.111 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E4C8B
RGB	rgb(46, 76, 139)
HSL	hsl(221, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(221, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 45.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 10.54, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 39.85, 285.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% -0.0129 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.111 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3697, 7.6130, 25.4495)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E4C8B #8B6D2E

analogous

#2E7B8B #2E4C8B #3F2E8B

triadic

#2E4C8B #8B2E4C #4C8B2E

tetradic

#2E4C8B #8B2E7B #8B6D2E #2E8B3F

square

#2E4C8B #8B2E7B #8B6D2E #2E8B3F

split-complementary

#2E4C8B #8B3F2E #7B8B2E

monochromatic

#101A2F #1F335D #2E4C8B #3D65B9 #6788CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#2E4C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#2E4C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E4C8B

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E4C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E4C8B	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E538D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e4c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 76, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.111 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717dad',
    500: '#2e4c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e4c8b;
$custom-light: #717dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e4c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.645,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42734,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E4C8B

secondary

#B39961

accent

#AD4EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E4C8B

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

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