#2959AB#2959AB

#2959AB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.142 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2959AB
RGB	rgb(41, 89, 171)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(218, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 48%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.82, 13.38, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.82, 50.45, 285.38°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% -0.0237 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.142 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8349, 10.5551, 39.9338)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2959AB #AB7B29

analogous

#299AAB #2959AB #3A29AB

triadic

#2959AB #AB2959 #59AB29

tetradic

#2959AB #AB299A #AB7B29 #29AB3A

square

#2959AB #AB299A #AB7B29 #29AB3A

split-complementary

#2959AB #AB3A29 #9AAB29

monochromatic

#112648 #1D3F7A #2959AB #4076D1 #7199DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#2959AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#2959AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2959AB

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2959AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2959AB	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C62AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0456A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2959ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 89, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.142 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7587c4',
    500: '#2959ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2959ab;
$custom-light: #7587c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2959ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.846,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47689,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2959AB

secondary

#C4A36C

accent

#A943E4

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF8

border

#C9CAD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2959AB

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

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