#265CB2#265CB2

#265CB2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.148 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265CB2
RGB	rgb(38, 92, 178)
HSL	hsl(217, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(217, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 48.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, 13.76, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 52.64, 285.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% -0.027 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.148 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6594, 11.2792, 43.6208)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265CB2 #B27C26

analogous

#26A2B2 #265CB2 #3626B2

triadic

#265CB2 #B2265C #5CB226

tetradic

#265CB2 #B226A2 #B27C26 #26B236

square

#265CB2 #B226A2 #B27C26 #26B236

split-complementary

#265CB2 #B23626 #A2B226

monochromatic

#10284D #1B4280 #265CB2 #3F79D6 #729CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#265CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#265CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265CB2

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265CB2	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B65B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00717E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 92, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.148 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7689ca',
    500: '#265cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265cb2;
$custom-light: #7689ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.857,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48752,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265CB2

secondary

#C8A46C

accent

#A740E8

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #265CB2

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

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