#265CB4#265CB4

#265CB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.151 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265CB4
RGB	rgb(38, 92, 180)
HSL	hsl(217, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(217, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 48.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 14.54, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 53.77, 285.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.9% -0.0267 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(48.9% 0.151 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8617, 11.3601, 44.6860)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265CB4 #B47E26

analogous

#26A3B4 #265CB4 #3726B4

triadic

#265CB4 #B4265C #5CB426

tetradic

#265CB4 #B426A3 #B47E26 #26B437

square

#265CB4 #B426A3 #B47E26 #26B437

split-complementary

#265CB4 #B43726 #A3B426

monochromatic

#11284F #1B4281 #265CB4 #407AD7 #739DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#265CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#265CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265CB4

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265CB4	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2966B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00717F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 92, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.151 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7689cb',
    500: '#265cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265cb4;
$custom-light: #7689cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.183,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48897,
    "c": 0.15119,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265CB4

secondary

#C9A66D

accent

#A840E8

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F9

border

#C9CBD2

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #265CB4

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

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