#2E3A66 · Charcoal

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#2E3A66 is a dark, muted blue color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal Blue and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 36% lightness and 0.08 chroma at hue 271°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #2E3A66 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#2E3A66
RGBrgb(46, 58, 102)
HSLhsl(227, 38%, 29%)
CMYK55, 43, 0, 60
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast10.98:1 white · 1.91:1 black

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How to use #2E3A66

White text passes WCAG AA on #2E3A66 (10.98:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #2E3A66 with its analogous neighbors #2E5666 and #3E2E66; for contrast use its complement #665A2E as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #2E3A66;

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