#2859AE#2859AE

#2859AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.146 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2859AE
RGBrgb(40, 89, 174)
HSLhsl(218, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(218, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(77%, 48.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(38.99, 14.42, -50.15)
CIE-LCHlch(38.99, 52.18, 286.04°)
OKLaboklab(47.87% -0.0239 -0.1441)
OKLCHoklch(47.87% 0.146 260.6)
XYZxyz(12.0847, 10.6505, 41.4550)
Luminance0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2859AE #AE7D28
analogous
#289CAE #2859AE #3A28AE
triadic
#2859AE #AE2859 #59AE28
tetradic
#2859AE #AE289C #AE7D28 #28AE3A
square
#2859AE #AE289C #AE7D28 #28AE3A
split-complementary
#2859AE #AE3A28 #9CAE28
monochromatic
#11264A #1D407C #2859AE #4076D3 #729ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71
#2859AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13
#2859AE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2859AE
6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2859AE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2859AE1.006.713.136.71
#FFFFFF6.711.0021.001.00
#0000003.1321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.711.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2862B1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0056AC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006D7B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2859ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 89, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.146 260.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7687c7',
    500: '#2859ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2859ae;
$custom-light: #7687c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2859ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.06,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4787,
    "c": 0.14607,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2859AE
secondary
#C6A56C
accent
#AA42E6
background
#F7F8FC
surface
#EEEFF8
border
#C9CAD1
text
#0A0B13
muted
#7C7C82

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