#3255B4#3255B4

#3255B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.156 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3255B4
RGB	rgb(50, 85, 180)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(224, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 52.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.67, 20.63, -54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.67, 57.97, 290.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% -0.0121 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.156 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7992, 10.4691, 44.5174)
Luminance	0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3255B4 #B49132

analogous

#3296B4 #3255B4 #5032B4

triadic

#3255B4 #B43255 #55B432

tetradic

#3255B4 #B43296 #B49132 #32B450

square

#3255B4 #B43296 #B49132 #32B450

split-complementary

#3255B4 #B45032 #96B432

monochromatic

#172854 #253E84 #3255B4 #5475CF #849CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#3255B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#3255B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3255B4

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3255B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3255B4	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1461B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3255b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 85, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.156 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b84cb',
    500: '#3255b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3255b4;
$custom-light: #7b84cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3255b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47872,
    "c": 0.15632,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3255B4

secondary

#C6B27C

accent

#B748E0

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0B0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3255B4

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

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