#2859AD#2859AD

#2859AD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.145 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2859AD
RGB	rgb(40, 89, 173)
HSL	hsl(218, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(218, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 48.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.92, 14.03, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.92, 51.61, 285.77°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% -0.0241 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.145 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9875, 10.6116, 40.9435)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2859AD #AD7C28

analogous

#289CAD #2859AD #3A28AD

triadic

#2859AD #AD2859 #59AD28

tetradic

#2859AD #AD289C #AD7C28 #28AD3A

square

#2859AD #AD289C #AD7C28 #28AD3A

split-complementary

#2859AD #AD3A28 #9CAD28

monochromatic

#11264A #1D3F7B #2859AD #3F76D3 #7199DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#2859AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#2859AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2859AD

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2859AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2859AD	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A62B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2859ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 89, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.145 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7687c6',
    500: '#2859ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2859ad;
$custom-light: #7687c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2859ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47797,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2859AD

secondary

#C5A46C

accent

#A942E6

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF8

border

#C9CAD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2859AD

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

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