#2A56B6#2A56B6

#2A56B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.160 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A56B6
RGB	rgb(42, 86, 182)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(221, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 52.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.77, 19.71, -55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.77, 58.63, 289.64°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% -0.0191 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.16 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7231, 10.5238, 45.6076)
Luminance	0.1052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A56B6 #B68A2A

analogous

#2A9CB6 #2A56B6 #442AB6

triadic

#2A56B6 #B62A56 #56B62A

tetradic

#2A56B6 #B62A9C #B68A2A #2AB644

square

#2A56B6 #B62A9C #B68A2A #2AB644

split-complementary

#2A56B6 #B6442A #9CB62A

monochromatic

#132753 #1F3F84 #2A56B6 #4875D5 #7A9AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#2A56B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#2A56B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A56B6

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A56B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A56B6	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1162B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a56b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 86, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.160 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7885cd',
    500: '#2a56b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a56b6;
$custom-light: #7885cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a56b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.479,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A56B6

secondary

#C8AE73

accent

#B242E6

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A56B6

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

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