#2956B9#2956B9

#2956B9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.165 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2956B9
RGB	rgb(41, 86, 185)
HSL	hsl(221, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(221, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 53.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.95, 20.75, -56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.95, 60.37, 290.10°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% -0.0195 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.165 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9961, 10.6283, 47.2561)
Luminance	0.1063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2956B9 #B98C29

analogous

#299EB9 #2956B9 #4429B9

triadic

#2956B9 #B92956 #56B929

tetradic

#2956B9 #B9299E #B98C29 #29B944

square

#2956B9 #B9299E #B98C29 #29B944

split-complementary

#2956B9 #B94429 #9EB929

monochromatic

#132755 #1E3F87 #2956B9 #4975D7 #7B9BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#2956B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#2956B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2956B9

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2956B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2956B9	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0663BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2956b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 86, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.165 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7985cf',
    500: '#2956b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2956b9;
$custom-light: #7985cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2956b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48095,
    "c": 0.16453,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2956B9

secondary

#CAAF74

accent

#B341E7

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0A0A14

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2956B9

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

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