#2E5599#2E5599

#2E5599 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.120 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E5599
RGB	rgb(46, 85, 153)
HSL	hsl(218, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(218, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 44.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, 9.85, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 42.44, 283.42°)
OKLab	oklab(45.74% -0.0194 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(45.74% 0.12 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1229, 9.3767, 31.4072)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E5599 #99722E

analogous

#2E8B99 #2E5599 #3D2E99

triadic

#2E5599 #992E55 #55992E

tetradic

#2E5599 #992E8B #99722E #2E993D

square

#2E5599 #992E8B #99722E #2E993D

split-complementary

#2E5599 #993D2E #8B992E

monochromatic

#12213B #203B6A #2E5599 #3F70C5 #6E93D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#2E5599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#2E5599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E5599

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E5599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E5599	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#225298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e5599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 85, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.120 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7484b7',
    500: '#2e5599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e5599;
$custom-light: #7484b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e5599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.131,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45741,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E5599

secondary

#BB9D68

accent

#A84BDD

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E5599

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

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