#2959B6#2959B6

#2959B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.157 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2959B6
RGB	rgb(41, 89, 182)
HSL	hsl(220, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(220, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 51.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 17.62, -53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 56.73, 288.10°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% -0.0221 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.157 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9273, 10.9921, 45.6873)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2959B6 #B68629

analogous

#299FB6 #2959B6 #3F29B6

triadic

#2959B6 #B62959 #59B629

tetradic

#2959B6 #B6299F #B68629 #29B63F

square

#2959B6 #B6299F #B68629 #29B63F

split-complementary

#2959B6 #B63F29 #9FB629

monochromatic

#122852 #1E4184 #2959B6 #4777D5 #799CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#2959B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#2959B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2959B6

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2959B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2959B6	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E64B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2959b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 89, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.157 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7887cc',
    500: '#2959b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2959b6;
$custom-light: #7887cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2959b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.574,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48499,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2959B6

secondary

#C9AB72

accent

#AE42E6

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF9

border

#C9CAD2

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2959B6

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

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