#2859A3#2859A3

#2859A3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.131 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2859A3
RGBrgb(40, 89, 163)
HSLhsl(216, 61%, 40%)
HSVhsv(216, 75%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(75.5%, 45.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LABlab(38.27, 10.16, -44.78)
CIE-LCHlch(38.27, 45.92, 282.78°)
OKLaboklab(47.09% -0.0258 -0.1283)
OKLCHoklch(47.09% 0.131 258.6)
XYZxyz(11.0559, 10.2390, 36.0369)
Luminance0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2859A3 #A37228
analogous
#2896A3 #2859A3 #3528A3
triadic
#2859A3 #A32859 #59A328
tetradic
#2859A3 #A32896 #A37228 #28A335
square
#2859A3 #A32896 #A37228 #28A335
split-complementary
#2859A3 #A33528 #96A328
monochromatic
#102341 #1C3E72 #2859A3 #3A75CF #6B97DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89
#2859A3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05
#2859A3 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2859A3
6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2859A3#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2859A31.006.893.056.89
#FFFFFF6.891.0021.001.00
#0000003.0521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.891.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3360A6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1A55A2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006A76
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2859a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 89, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.131 258.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7387bf',
    500: '#2859a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2859a3;
$custom-light: #7387bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2859a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.098,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47087,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2859A3
secondary
#C19D66
accent
#A444E4
background
#F7F8FB
surface
#EDEFF7
border
#C8CAD0
text
#090B12
muted
#7B7C81

Preview Lab

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#2859A3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva