#2850A5#2850A5

#2850A5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.145 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2850A5
RGB	rgb(40, 80, 165)
HSL	hsl(221, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 51.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.80, 16.89, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.80, 52.73, 288.69°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% -0.0177 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.145 263)
XYZ	xyz(10.5328, 8.9039, 36.7535)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2850A5 #A57D28

analogous

#288EA5 #2850A5 #3E28A5

triadic

#2850A5 #A52850 #50A528

tetradic

#2850A5 #A5288E #A57D28 #28A53E

square

#2850A5 #A5288E #A57D28 #28A53E

split-complementary

#2850A5 #A53E28 #8EA528

monochromatic

#102042 #1C3874 #2850A5 #3B6ACF #6C90DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#2850A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#2850A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2850A5

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2850A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2850A5	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A5AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2850a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 80, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.145 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7480c0',
    500: '#2850a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2850a5;
$custom-light: #7480c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2850a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.8,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45236,
    "c": 0.14475,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.08905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2850A5

secondary

#C2A567

accent

#B144E4

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2850A5

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

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