#2E50A5#2E50A5

#2E50A5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.143 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E50A5
RGB	rgb(46, 80, 165)
HSL	hsl(223, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(223, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 51.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.05, 17.71, -49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.05, 52.60, 289.68°)
OKLab	oklab(45.5% -0.0128 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(45.5% 0.143 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7845, 9.0337, 36.7653)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E50A5 #A5832E

analogous

#2E8CA5 #2E50A5 #482EA5

triadic

#2E50A5 #A52E50 #50A52E

tetradic

#2E50A5 #A52E8C #A5832E #2EA548

square

#2E50A5 #A52E8C #A5832E #2EA548

split-complementary

#2E50A5 #A5482E #8CA52E

monochromatic

#132245 #213975 #2E50A5 #456BCB #7591D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#2E50A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#2E50A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E50A5

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E50A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E50A5	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C5BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e50a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 80, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.143 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7680c0',
    500: '#2e50a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e50a5;
$custom-light: #7680c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e50a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45496,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E50A5

secondary

#C0A96F

accent

#B448E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E50A5

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

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