#2E53A9#2E53A9

#2E53A9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.145 H 264.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E53A9
RGB	rgb(46, 83, 169)
HSL	hsl(222, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(222, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 50.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 17.24, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 52.99, 288.99°)
OKLab	oklab(46.44% -0.015 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(46.44% 0.145 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3789, 9.6307, 38.7877)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E53A9 #A9842E

analogous

#2E91A9 #2E53A9 #462EA9

triadic

#2E53A9 #A92E53 #53A92E

tetradic

#2E53A9 #A92E91 #A9842E #2EA946

square

#2E53A9 #A92E91 #A9842E #2EA946

split-complementary

#2E53A9 #A9462E #91A92E

monochromatic

#142449 #213B79 #2E53A9 #476FCD #7795DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#2E53A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#2E53A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E53A9

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E53A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E53A9	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F5DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e53a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 83, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.145 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7782c3',
    500: '#2e53a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e53a9;
$custom-light: #7782c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e53a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.951,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46439,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E53A9

secondary

#C2AA71

accent

#B247E0

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E53A9

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

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