#2956B8#2956B8

#2956B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.163 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2956B8
RGB	rgb(41, 86, 184)
HSL	hsl(221, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(221, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 53.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.87, 20.36, -56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.87, 59.79, 289.91°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% -0.0196 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.163 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8909, 10.5862, 46.7021)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2956B8 #B88B29

analogous

#299EB8 #2956B8 #4429B8

triadic

#2956B8 #B82956 #56B829

tetradic

#2956B8 #B8299E #B88B29 #29B844

square

#2956B8 #B8299E #B88B29 #29B844

split-complementary

#2956B8 #B84429 #9EB829

monochromatic

#132754 #1E3F86 #2956B8 #4875D6 #7A9BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#2956B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#2956B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2956B8

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2956B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2956B8	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A62BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2956b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 86, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.163 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7985ce',
    500: '#2956b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2956b8;
$custom-light: #7985ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2956b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.119,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48017,
    "c": 0.16317,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2956B8

secondary

#C9AE73

accent

#B341E7

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0A0B14

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2956B8

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

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