#3255B2#3255B2

#3255B2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.154 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3255B2
RGB	rgb(50, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(224, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(224, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 52.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.53, 19.88, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.53, 56.82, 290.48°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% -0.0123 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.154 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5970, 10.3881, 43.4521)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3255B2 #B28F32

analogous

#3295B2 #3255B2 #4F32B2

triadic

#3255B2 #B23255 #55B232

tetradic

#3255B2 #B23295 #B28F32 #32B24F

square

#3255B2 #B23295 #B28F32 #32B24F

split-complementary

#3255B2 #B24F32 #95B232

monochromatic

#172752 #253E82 #3255B2 #5375CF #829BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#3255B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#3255B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3255B2

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3255B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3255B2	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1861B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3255b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.154 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a84ca',
    500: '#3255b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3255b2;
$custom-light: #7a84ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3255b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.594,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4772,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3255B2

secondary

#C5B17B

accent

#B648DF

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF8

border

#CACAD1

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3255B2

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

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