#2853B6#2853B6

#2853B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.164 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2853B6
RGB	rgb(40, 83, 182)
HSL	hsl(222, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(222, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 54.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.87, 21.46, -56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.87, 60.61, 290.74°)
OKLab	oklab(47.2% -0.0183 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(47.2% 0.164 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4088, 10.0136, 45.5257)
Luminance	0.1002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2853B6 #B68B28

analogous

#289AB6 #2853B6 #4428B6

triadic

#2853B6 #B62853 #53B628

tetradic

#2853B6 #B6289A #B68B28 #28B644

square

#2853B6 #B6289A #B68B28 #28B644

split-complementary

#2853B6 #B64428 #9AB628

monochromatic

#122552 #1D3C84 #2853B6 #4571D6 #7797E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#2853B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00

#2853B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2853B6

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2853B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2853B6	1.00	6.99	3.00	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2853b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 83, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.164 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7882cd',
    500: '#2853b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2853b6;
$custom-light: #7882cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2853b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.831,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47197,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2853B6

secondary

#C9AE71

accent

#B541E7

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEEF9

border

#CAC9D2

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2853B6

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

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