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Resolute Tibet

#2e62be
Notes

Resolute Tibet (#2E62BE) is a true azure with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (218°, 61%, 46%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary amber. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#2e62be
RGB
rgb(46, 98, 190)
HSL
hsl(218, 61%, 46%)
HWB
hwb(218 18% 25%)
OKLCH
oklch(51.2% 0.155 260.8)
HSV
hsv(218, 76%, 75%)
LAB
lab(42.81% 15.41 -53.35)
LCH
lch(42.81% 55.53 286.11)
CMYK
cmyk(76%, 48%, 0%, 25%)

Etymology

Resolute
adjective

From the Latin resolutus, unwavering — used as a color modifier in literary contexts for hues that read as committed and unmoving. Resolute blue, resolute green: the saturation is full, the hue holds its position without shifting under different light. Sits in the bold-bucket center alongside strong and true, with slightly more focus on stability than presence.

Tibet
noun

The high-altitude plateau of central Asia — and the saturated deep blue of Tibetan prayer-flag (lung-ta) blue panels and the deep blue of Tibetan summer sky at 4,000-meter altitude. Tibet refers to a fresh Tibetan prayer-flag blue panel: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the matte finish of cotton-dyed prayer flag.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#2e62be
Original
#2e6cc1
Protanopia
#005fbc
Deuteranopia
#007887
Tritanopia
#5e5e5e
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon White
5.82:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.61:1

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