#2E4E8B#2E4E8B

#2E4E8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.108 H 262.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E4E8B
RGB	rgb(46, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(219, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 9.20, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 38.60, 283.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% -0.015 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.108 262)
XYZ	xyz(8.5097, 7.8929, 25.4961)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E4E8B #8B6B2E

analogous

#2E7D8B #2E4E8B #3D2E8B

triadic

#2E4E8B #8B2E4E #4E8B2E

tetradic

#2E4E8B #8B2E7D #8B6B2E #2E8B3D

square

#2E4E8B #8B2E7D #8B6B2E #2E8B3D

split-complementary

#2E4E8B #8B3D2E #7D8B2E

monochromatic

#101A2F #1F345D #2E4E8B #3D68B9 #678ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#2E4E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#2E4E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E4E8B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E4E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E4E8B	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32548D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e4e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.108 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717fad',
    500: '#2e4e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e4e8b;
$custom-light: #717fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e4e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.355,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43192,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.07894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E4E8B

secondary

#B39761

accent

#AA4EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E4E8B

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

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