#2956A4#2956A4

#2956A4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.136 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2956A4
RGB	rgb(41, 86, 164)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(218, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 47.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 12.65, -46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 48.30, 285.19°)
OKLab	oklab(46.52% -0.0222 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(46.52% 0.136 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9407, 9.8061, 36.4309)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2956A4 #A47729

analogous

#2993A4 #2956A4 #3A29A4

triadic

#2956A4 #A42956 #56A429

tetradic

#2956A4 #A42993 #A47729 #29A43A

square

#2956A4 #A42993 #A47729 #29A43A

split-complementary

#2956A4 #A43A29 #93A429

monochromatic

#112342 #1D3C73 #2956A4 #3C71CE #6D95DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#2956A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#2956A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2956A4

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2956A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2956A4	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C53A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2956a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 86, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.136 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7485bf',
    500: '#2956a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2956a4;
$custom-light: #7485bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2956a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.049,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46521,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2956A4

secondary

#C1A068

accent

#A945E3

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EEEFF7

border

#C9CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2956A4

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

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