#2959B8#2959B8

#2959B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.159 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2959B8
RGB	rgb(41, 89, 184)
HSL	hsl(220, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(220, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 51.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 18.39, -54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 57.87, 288.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% -0.0219 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.159 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.1354, 11.0754, 46.7836)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2959B8 #B88829

analogous

#29A1B8 #2959B8 #4029B8

triadic

#2959B8 #B82959 #59B829

tetradic

#2959B8 #B829A1 #B88829 #29B840

square

#2959B8 #B829A1 #B88829 #29B840

split-complementary

#2959B8 #B84029 #A1B829

monochromatic

#132954 #1E4186 #2959B8 #4878D6 #7A9DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#2959B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#2959B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2959B8

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2959B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2959B8	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A64BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2959b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 89, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.159 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7887ce',
    500: '#2959b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2959b8;
$custom-light: #7887ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2959b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.86,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4865,
    "c": 0.15948,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2959B8

secondary

#C9AD73

accent

#AF41E7

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0A0B14

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2959B8

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

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