#2B56B6#2B56B6

#2B56B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.160 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B56B6
RGB	rgb(43, 86, 182)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(221, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 52.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.80, 19.83, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.80, 58.61, 289.77°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% -0.0183 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.16 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7645, 10.5451, 45.6096)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B56B6 #B68B2B

analogous

#2B9CB6 #2B56B6 #462BB6

triadic

#2B56B6 #B62B56 #56B62B

tetradic

#2B56B6 #B62B9C #B68B2B #2BB646

square

#2B56B6 #B62B9C #B68B2B #2BB646

split-complementary

#2B56B6 #B6462B #9CB62B

monochromatic

#142753 #1F3F84 #2B56B6 #4A75D4 #7B9BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#2B56B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#2B56B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B56B6

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B56B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B56B6	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	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: #2b56b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 86, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.160 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7985cd',
    500: '#2b56b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b56b6;
$custom-light: #7985cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b56b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.439,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47938,
    "c": 0.15988,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B56B6

secondary

#C8AE75

accent

#B343E5

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B56B6

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

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