#2956B6#2956B6

#2956B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.160 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2956B6
RGB	rgb(41, 86, 182)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(221, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 52.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.73, 19.60, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.73, 58.65, 289.52°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% -0.0198 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.16 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6827, 10.5029, 45.6057)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2956B6 #B68929

analogous

#299CB6 #2956B6 #4229B6

triadic

#2956B6 #B62956 #56B629

tetradic

#2956B6 #B6299C #B68929 #29B642

square

#2956B6 #B6299C #B68929 #29B642

split-complementary

#2956B6 #B64229 #9CB629

monochromatic

#122752 #1E3E84 #2956B6 #4774D5 #799AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#2956B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#2956B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2956B6

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2956B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2956B6	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1162B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2956b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 86, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.160 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7885cd',
    500: '#2956b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2956b6;
$custom-light: #7885cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2956b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.851,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47862,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2956B6

secondary

#C9AD72

accent

#B242E6

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2956B6

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

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