#3255B5#3255B5

#3255B5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.158 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3255B5
RGB	rgb(50, 85, 181)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(224, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 53%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.74, 21.00, -54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.74, 58.55, 291.02°)
OKLab	oklab(47.95% -0.012 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(47.95% 0.158 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9015, 10.5099, 45.0558)
Luminance	0.1051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3255B5 #B59232

analogous

#3297B5 #3255B5 #5032B5

triadic

#3255B5 #B53255 #55B532

tetradic

#3255B5 #B53297 #B59232 #32B550

square

#3255B5 #B53297 #B59232 #32B550

split-complementary

#3255B5 #B55032 #97B532

monochromatic

#182855 #253E85 #3255B5 #5475D0 #849CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#3255B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#3255B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3255B5

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3255B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3255B5	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1162B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3255b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 85, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.158 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b84cc',
    500: '#3255b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3255b5;
$custom-light: #7b84cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3255b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.969,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47948,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3255B5

secondary

#C7B37C

accent

#B748E0

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0B0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3255B5

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

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