#2356E2#2356E2

#2356E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.219 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2356E2
RGB	rgb(35, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(224, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(224, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 35.75, -75.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 83.42, 295.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% -0.0215 -0.2183)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.219 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7435, 12.5017, 73.4146)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2356E2 #E2AF23

analogous

#23B5E2 #2356E2 #4F23E2

triadic

#2356E2 #E22356 #56E223

tetradic

#2356E2 #E223B5 #E2AF23 #23E24F

square

#2356E2 #E223B5 #E2AF23 #23E24F

split-complementary

#2356E2 #E24F23 #B5E223

monochromatic

#102D7A #1740B1 #2356E2 #5980E9 #8FA9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#2356E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#2356E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2356E2

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2356E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2356E2	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2356e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.219 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8185ec',
    500: '#2356e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2356e2;
$custom-light: #8185ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2356e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.979,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51345,
    "c": 0.21934,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2356E2

secondary

#DBC486

accent

#C035F3

background

#F8F8FE

surface

#F0EFFD

border

#CBCAD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7D7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2356E2

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

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