#2956A0#2956A0

#2956A0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.130 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2956A0
RGB	rgb(41, 86, 160)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 46.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.23, 11.11, -44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.23, 46.01, 283.97°)
OKLab	oklab(46.24% -0.0229 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(46.24% 0.13 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5851, 9.6639, 34.5583)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2956A0 #A07329

analogous

#2992A0 #2956A0 #3829A0

triadic

#2956A0 #A02956 #56A029

tetradic

#2956A0 #A02992 #A07329 #29A038

square

#2956A0 #A02992 #A07329 #29A038

split-complementary

#2956A0 #A03829 #92A029

monochromatic

#10223F #1D3C6F #2956A0 #3A71CC #6A94D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#2956A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#2956A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2956A0

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2956A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2956A0	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16539F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2956a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 86, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.130 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7385bc',
    500: '#2956a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2956a0;
$custom-light: #7385bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2956a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.311,
    "s": 59.204,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46237,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2956A0

secondary

#BF9D65

accent

#A745E2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2956A0

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

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