#2B53A5#2B53A5

#2B53A5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.140 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B53A5
RGBrgb(43, 83, 165)
HSLhsl(220, 59%, 41%)
HSVhsv(220, 74%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(73.9%, 49.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(36.77, 15.30, -48.37)
CIE-LCHlch(36.77, 50.73, 287.55°)
OKLaboklab(46.01% -0.0179 -0.1389)
OKLCHoklch(46.01% 0.14 262.6)
XYZxyz(10.8786, 9.4155, 36.8341)
Luminance0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B53A5 #A57D2B
analogous
#2B90A5 #2B53A5 #402BA5
triadic
#2B53A5 #A52B53 #53A52B
tetradic
#2B53A5 #A52B90 #A57D2B #2BA540
square
#2B53A5 #A52B90 #A57D2B #2BA540
split-complementary
#2B53A5 #A5402B #90A52B
monochromatic
#122244 #1E3B74 #2B53A5 #406ECD #7193DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28
#2B53A5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88
#2B53A5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B53A5
7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B53A5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2B53A51.007.282.887.28
#FFFFFF7.281.0021.001.00
#0000002.8821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.281.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#245CA8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0051A3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006674
Achromatopsia (no color)
#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b53a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 83, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.140 262.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7582c0',
    500: '#2b53a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b53a5;
$custom-light: #7582c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b53a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.328,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46012,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B53A5
secondary
#C1A56B
accent
#AF46E2
background
#F7F7FB
surface
#EEEEF7
border
#C9C9D0
text
#090A12
muted
#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B53A5

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#2B53A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva