#2E53A6#2E53A6

#2E53A6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.141 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E53A6
RGB	rgb(46, 83, 166)
HSL	hsl(222, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(222, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 50%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 16.10, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 51.24, 288.31°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% -0.0153 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.141 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1005, 9.5194, 37.3214)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E53A6 #A6812E

analogous

#2E8FA6 #2E53A6 #452EA6

triadic

#2E53A6 #A62E53 #53A62E

tetradic

#2E53A6 #A62E8F #A6812E #2EA645

square

#2E53A6 #A62E8F #A6812E #2EA645

split-complementary

#2E53A6 #A6452E #8FA62E

monochromatic

#132346 #213B76 #2E53A6 #466FCC #7694D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#2E53A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#2E53A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E53A6

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E53A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E53A6	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e53a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 83, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.141 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7682c1',
    500: '#2e53a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e53a6;
$custom-light: #7682c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e53a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46216,
    "c": 0.14052,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E53A6

secondary

#C1A86F

accent

#B148E0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E53A6

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

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