#2E50B5#2E50B5

#2E50B5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.165 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E50B5
RGB	rgb(46, 80, 181)
HSL	hsl(225, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(225, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 55.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.21, 23.77, -57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.21, 61.89, 292.58°)
OKLab	oklab(46.75% -0.0114 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(46.75% 0.165 266)
XYZ	xyz(12.3329, 9.6530, 44.9203)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E50B5 #B5932E

analogous

#2E94B5 #2E50B5 #502EB5

triadic

#2E50B5 #B52E50 #50B52E

tetradic

#2E50B5 #B52E94 #B5932E #2EB550

square

#2E50B5 #B52E94 #B5932E #2EB550

split-complementary

#2E50B5 #B5502E #94B52E

monochromatic

#152553 #223A84 #2E50B5 #4E6FD2 #7F97DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#2E50B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#2E50B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E50B5

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E50B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E50B5	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00697A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e50b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 80, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.165 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a80cc',
    500: '#2e50b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e50b5;
$custom-light: #7a80cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e50b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.889,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46745,
    "c": 0.16512,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.09654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E50B5

secondary

#C7B378

accent

#BB45E3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEEF9

border

#CAC9D2

text

#0B0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E50B5

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

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