#2959C9#2959C9

#2959C9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.182 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2959C9
RGB	rgb(41, 89, 201)
HSL	hsl(222, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(222, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 55.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.95, 24.89, -62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.95, 67.52, 291.64°)
OKLab	oklab(49.98% -0.0203 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(49.98% 0.182 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0257, 11.8314, 56.7388)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2959C9 #C99929

analogous

#29A9C9 #2959C9 #4929C9

triadic

#2959C9 #C92959 #59C929

tetradic

#2959C9 #C929A9 #C99929 #29C949

square

#2959C9 #C929A9 #C99929 #29C949

split-complementary

#2959C9 #C94929 #A9C929

monochromatic

#142C63 #1F4296 #2959C9 #537CDC #86A3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#2959C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#2959C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2959C9

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2959C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2959C9	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2959c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 89, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.182 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c87da',
    500: '#2959c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2959c9;
$custom-light: #7c87da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2959c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 66.116,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49982,
    "c": 0.1823,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2959C9

secondary

#D0B77E

accent

#B63FE9

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#EFEFFB

border

#CACAD4

text

#0B0B15

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2959C9

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

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