#2856A2#2856A2

#2856A2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.133 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2856A2
RGB	rgb(40, 86, 162)
HSL	hsl(217, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(217, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 46.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 11.75, -45.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 47.18, 284.42°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% -0.0233 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.133 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7221, 9.7141, 35.4853)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2856A2 #A27428

analogous

#2893A2 #2856A2 #3728A2

triadic

#2856A2 #A22856 #56A228

tetradic

#2856A2 #A22893 #A27428 #28A237

square

#2856A2 #A22893 #A27428 #28A237

split-complementary

#2856A2 #A23728 #93A228

monochromatic

#102240 #1C3C71 #2856A2 #3971CE #6A94DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#2856A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#2856A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2856A2

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2856A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2856A2	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1153A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2856a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 86, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.133 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7385be',
    500: '#2856a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2856a2;
$custom-light: #7385be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2856a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.377,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46339,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2856A2

secondary

#C19E65

accent

#A744E4

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF7

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2856A2

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

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