#2E56D4#2E56D4

#2E56D4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.199 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E56D4
RGB	rgb(46, 86, 212)
HSL	hsl(226, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(226, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 31.45, -68.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 75.54, 294.60°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% -0.0143 -0.1985)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.199 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3340, 11.9880, 63.7276)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E56D4 #D4AC2E

analogous

#2EA9D4 #2E56D4 #592ED4

triadic

#2E56D4 #D42E56 #56D42E

tetradic

#2E56D4 #D42EA9 #D4AC2E #2ED459

square

#2E56D4 #D42EA9 #D4AC2E #2ED459

split-complementary

#2E56D4 #D4592E #A9D42E

monochromatic

#172D70 #2241A3 #2E56D4 #617FDE #94A8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#2E56D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#2E56D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E56D4

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E56D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E56D4	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00768D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e56d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 86, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.199 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8185e2',
    500: '#2e56d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e56d4;
$custom-light: #8185e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e56d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.542,
    "s": 65.873,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50487,
    "c": 0.19903,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E56D4

secondary

#D4C28A

accent

#C03FE9

background

#F8F8FE

surface

#F0EFFC

border

#CBCAD5

text

#0C0B15

muted

#7D7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E56D4

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

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