#3255B3#3255B3

#3255B3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.155 H 265.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3255B3
RGB	rgb(50, 85, 179)
HSL	hsl(224, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(224, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 52.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.60, 20.25, -53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.60, 57.40, 290.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% -0.0122 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.155 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6977, 10.4285, 43.9828)
Luminance	0.1043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3255B3 #B39032

analogous

#3296B3 #3255B3 #5032B3

triadic

#3255B3 #B33255 #55B332

tetradic

#3255B3 #B33296 #B39032 #32B350

square

#3255B3 #B33296 #B39032 #32B350

split-complementary

#3255B3 #B35032 #96B332

monochromatic

#172853 #253E83 #3255B3 #5375CF #839BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#3255B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#3255B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3255B3

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3255B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3255B3	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1661B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3255b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 85, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.155 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b84ca',
    500: '#3255b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3255b3;
$custom-light: #7b84ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3255b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.721,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47796,
    "c": 0.15494,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3255B3

secondary

#C6B17B

accent

#B748E0

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF8

border

#CACAD1

text

#0B0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3255B3

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

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