#2959AE#2959AE

#2959AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.146 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2959AE
RGB	rgb(41, 89, 174)
HSL	hsl(218, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(218, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 48.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.02, 14.54, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.02, 52.16, 286.18°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% -0.0232 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.146 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1241, 10.6708, 41.4569)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2959AE #AE7E29

analogous

#299BAE #2959AE #3C29AE

triadic

#2959AE #AE2959 #59AE29

tetradic

#2959AE #AE299B #AE7E29 #29AE3C

square

#2959AE #AE299B #AE7E29 #29AE3C

split-complementary

#2959AE #AE3C29 #9BAE29

monochromatic

#12264B #1D407C #2959AE #4276D2 #739ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#2959AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#2959AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2959AE

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2959AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2959AE	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2962B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2959ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 89, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.146 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7687c7',
    500: '#2959ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2959ae;
$custom-light: #7687c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2959ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.346,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47907,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2959AE

secondary

#C5A66D

accent

#AA43E5

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF8

border

#C9CAD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2959AE

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

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