#2855E2#2855E2

#2855E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.219 H 265.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2855E2
RGB	rgb(40, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(225, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(225, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.90, 36.73, -75.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.90, 83.99, 295.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% -0.0179 -0.2187)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.219 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8462, 12.4369, 73.3967)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2855E2 #E2B528

analogous

#28B2E2 #2855E2 #5828E2

triadic

#2855E2 #E22855 #55E228

tetradic

#2855E2 #E228B2 #E2B528 #28E258

square

#2855E2 #E228B2 #E2B528 #28E258

split-complementary

#2855E2 #E25828 #B2E228

monochromatic

#112C7F #183EB4 #2855E2 #5E80E9 #94AAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#2855E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#2855E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2855E2

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2855E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2855E2	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2855e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.219 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8284ec',
    500: '#2855e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2855e2;
$custom-light: #8284ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2855e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.484,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51312,
    "c": 0.21943,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2855E2

secondary

#DCC88A

accent

#C535F3

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F1EFFD

border

#CBCAD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2855E2

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

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