#265CB5#265CB5

#265CB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.153 H 260.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265CB5
RGB	rgb(38, 92, 181)
HSL	hsl(217, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(217, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 49.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 14.93, -52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 54.33, 285.95°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% -0.0266 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.153 260)
XYZ	xyz(12.9639, 11.4010, 45.2245)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265CB5 #B57F26

analogous

#26A3B5 #265CB5 #3826B5

triadic

#265CB5 #B5265C #5CB526

tetradic

#265CB5 #B526A3 #B57F26 #26B538

square

#265CB5 #B526A3 #B57F26 #26B538

split-complementary

#265CB5 #B53826 #A3B526

monochromatic

#112950 #1B4282 #265CB5 #417AD7 #749DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#265CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#265CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265CB5

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265CB5	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2866B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 92, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.153 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7789cc',
    500: '#265cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265cb5;
$custom-light: #7789cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.343,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4897,
    "c": 0.15256,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.11403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265CB5

secondary

#C9A76E

accent

#A940E8

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F9

border

#C9CBD2

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #265CB5

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

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