#2853B2#2853B2

#2853B2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.159 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2853B2
RGB	rgb(40, 83, 178)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(221, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 53.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.57, 19.92, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.57, 58.31, 289.98°)
OKLab	oklab(46.88% -0.0187 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(46.88% 0.159 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0013, 9.8506, 43.3797)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2853B2 #B28728

analogous

#2898B2 #2853B2 #4228B2

triadic

#2853B2 #B22853 #53B228

tetradic

#2853B2 #B22898 #B28728 #28B242

square

#2853B2 #B22898 #B28728 #28B242

split-complementary

#2853B2 #B24228 #98B228

monochromatic

#12244E #1D3C80 #2853B2 #4370D5 #7596E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#2853B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#2853B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2853B2

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2853B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2853B2	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A5FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2853b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 83, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.159 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7782ca',
    500: '#2853b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2853b2;
$custom-light: #7782ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2853b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.304,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46881,
    "c": 0.15898,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2853B2

secondary

#C7AC6F

accent

#B341E6

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2853B2

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

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