#2853B3#2853B3

#2853B3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.160 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2853B3
RGB	rgb(40, 83, 179)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(221, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 53.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 20.31, -55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 58.88, 290.18°)
OKLab	oklab(46.96% -0.0186 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(46.96% 0.16 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1021, 9.8909, 43.9104)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2853B3 #B38828

analogous

#2898B3 #2853B3 #4328B3

triadic

#2853B3 #B32853 #53B328

tetradic

#2853B3 #B32898 #B38828 #28B343

square

#2853B3 #B32898 #B38828 #28B343

split-complementary

#2853B3 #B34328 #98B328

monochromatic

#12254F #1D3C81 #2853B3 #4370D5 #7596E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#2853B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#2853B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2853B3

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2853B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2853B3	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#065FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2853b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 83, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.160 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7782ca',
    500: '#2853b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2853b3;
$custom-light: #7782ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2853b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.439,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4696,
    "c": 0.16035,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2853B3

secondary

#C8AC6F

accent

#B341E6

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2853B3

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

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