#2E50A8#2E50A8

#2E50A8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.147 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E50A8
RGB	rgb(46, 80, 168)
HSL	hsl(223, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(223, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 52.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.26, 18.85, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.26, 54.35, 290.29°)
OKLab	oklab(45.72% -0.0125 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(45.72% 0.147 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0608, 9.1442, 38.2203)
Luminance	0.0915 (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

#2E50A8 #A8862E

analogous

#2E8DA8 #2E50A8 #492EA8

triadic

#2E50A8 #A82E50 #50A82E

tetradic

#2E50A8 #A82E8D #A8862E #2EA849

square

#2E50A8 #A82E8D #A8862E #2EA849

split-complementary

#2E50A8 #A8492E #8DA82E

monochromatic

#142248 #213978 #2E50A8 #476CCD #7792DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#2E50A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#2E50A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E50A8

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E50A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E50A8	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#175BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e50a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 80, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.147 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7780c2',
    500: '#2e50a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e50a8;
$custom-light: #7780c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e50a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.279,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45724,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E50A8

secondary

#C2AB70

accent

#B648E0

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E50A8

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

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