#2850B9#2850B9

#2850B9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.172 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2850B9
RGB	rgb(40, 80, 185)
HSL	hsl(223, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(223, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 56.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.28, 24.60, -59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.28, 64.29, 292.50°)
OKLab	oklab(46.83% -0.0159 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(46.83% 0.172 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4976, 9.6898, 47.1012)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2850B9 #B99128

analogous

#2899B9 #2850B9 #4928B9

triadic

#2850B9 #B92850 #50B928

tetradic

#2850B9 #B92899 #B99128 #28B949

square

#2850B9 #B92899 #B99128 #28B949

split-complementary

#2850B9 #B94928 #99B928

monochromatic

#122454 #1D3A87 #2850B9 #476FD7 #7996E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#2850B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#2850B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2850B9

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2850B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2850B9	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2850b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 80, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.172 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7980cf',
    500: '#2850b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2850b9;
$custom-light: #7980cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2850b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.448,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46825,
    "c": 0.1722,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2850B9

secondary

#CAB273

accent

#B940E7

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEEF9

border

#CAC9D2

text

#0B0A14

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2850B9

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

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