#265CAE#265CAE

#265CAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.143 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265CAE
RGB	rgb(38, 92, 174)
HSL	hsl(216, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(216, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 47.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.78, 12.21, -48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.78, 50.37, 284.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.47% -0.0277 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(48.47% 0.143 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2637, 11.1209, 41.5364)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265CAE #AE7826

analogous

#26A0AE #265CAE #3426AE

triadic

#265CAE #AE265C #5CAE26

tetradic

#265CAE #AE26A0 #AE7826 #26AE34

square

#265CAE #AE26A0 #AE7826 #26AE34

split-complementary

#265CAE #AE3426 #A0AE26

monochromatic

#10274A #1B417C #265CAE #3D79D5 #6F9CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#265CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#265CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265CAE

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265CAE	1.00	6.51	3.22	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F64B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0958AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00707C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 92, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.143 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7589c7',
    500: '#265cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265cae;
$custom-light: #7589c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.176,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48465,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265CAE

secondary

#C6A16A

accent

#A541E7

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #265CAE

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

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