#2851AE#2851AE

#2851AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.156 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2851AE
RGB	rgb(40, 81, 174)
HSL	hsl(222, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(222, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 53.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.73, 19.71, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.73, 57.30, 290.12°)
OKLab	oklab(46.15% -0.0175 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(46.15% 0.156 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4548, 9.3907, 41.2451)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2851AE #AE8528

analogous

#2894AE #2851AE #4228AE

triadic

#2851AE #AE2851 #51AE28

tetradic

#2851AE #AE2894 #AE8528 #28AE42

square

#2851AE #AE2894 #AE8528 #28AE42

split-complementary

#2851AE #AE4228 #94AE28

monochromatic

#11234A #1D3A7C #2851AE #406DD3 #7293DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#2851AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#2851AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2851AE

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2851AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2851AE	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A5DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2851ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 81, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.156 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7681c7',
    500: '#2851ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2851ae;
$custom-light: #7681c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2851ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.642,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46146,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2851AE

secondary

#C6AA6C

accent

#B442E6

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2851AE

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

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