#2E508B#2E508B

#2E508B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.105 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E508B
RGB	rgb(46, 80, 139)
HSL	hsl(218, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(218, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 42.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.36, 7.88, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.36, 37.37, 282.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% -0.0171 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.106 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6539, 8.1814, 25.5442)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E508B #8B692E

analogous

#2E7F8B #2E508B #3B2E8B

triadic

#2E508B #8B2E50 #508B2E

tetradic

#2E508B #8B2E7F #8B692E #2E8B3B

square

#2E508B #8B2E7F #8B692E #2E8B3B

split-complementary

#2E508B #8B3B2E #7F8B2E

monochromatic

#101B2F #1F365D #2E508B #3D6AB9 #678CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#2E508B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#2E508B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E508B

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E508B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E508B	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35558D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e508b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 80, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.105 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7180ad',
    500: '#2e508b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e508b;
$custom-light: #7180ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e508b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.065,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43655,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E508B

secondary

#B39561

accent

#A74EDA

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E508B

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

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