#2959AC#2959AC

#2959AC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.143 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2959AC
RGB	rgb(41, 89, 172)
HSL	hsl(218, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(218, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 48.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.89, 13.77, -49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.89, 51.02, 285.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% -0.0235 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.143 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9305, 10.5934, 40.4377)
Luminance	0.1060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2959AC #AC7C29

analogous

#299BAC #2959AC #3B29AC

triadic

#2959AC #AC2959 #59AC29

tetradic

#2959AC #AC299B #AC7C29 #29AC3B

square

#2959AC #AC299B #AC7C29 #29AC3B

split-complementary

#2959AC #AC3B29 #9BAC29

monochromatic

#112649 #1D3F7B #2959AC #4176D2 #7299DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#2959AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#2959AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2959AC

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2959AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2959AC	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B62AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2959ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 89, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.143 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7687c5',
    500: '#2959ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2959ac;
$custom-light: #7687c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2959ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.015,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47762,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2959AC

secondary

#C5A46C

accent

#A943E5

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF8

border

#C9CAD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2959AC

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

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