#2856A4#2856A4

#2856A4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.136 H 260.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2856A4
RGB	rgb(40, 86, 164)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(218, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 47.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 12.52, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 48.33, 285.01°)
OKLab	oklab(46.48% -0.023 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(46.48% 0.136 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9013, 9.7858, 36.4291)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2856A4 #A47628

analogous

#2894A4 #2856A4 #3828A4

triadic

#2856A4 #A42856 #56A428

tetradic

#2856A4 #A42894 #A47628 #28A438

square

#2856A4 #A42894 #A47628 #28A438

split-complementary

#2856A4 #A43828 #94A428

monochromatic

#102242 #1C3C73 #2856A4 #3A71CF #6B95DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#2856A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#2856A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2856A4

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2856A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2856A4	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B53A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2856a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 86, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.136 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7485bf',
    500: '#2856a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2856a4;
$custom-light: #7485bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2856a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.742,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46482,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2856A4

secondary

#C1A066

accent

#A944E4

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EEEFF7

border

#C9CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2856A4

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

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