#3255B6#3255B6

#3255B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.159 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3255B6
RGB	rgb(50, 85, 182)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(224, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 53.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.81, 21.38, -55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.81, 59.13, 291.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.03% -0.0119 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(48.03% 0.159 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0044, 10.5511, 45.5981)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3255B6 #B69332

analogous

#3297B6 #3255B6 #5132B6

triadic

#3255B6 #B63255 #55B632

tetradic

#3255B6 #B63297 #B69332 #32B651

square

#3255B6 #B63297 #B69332 #32B651

split-complementary

#3255B6 #B65132 #97B632

monochromatic

#182856 #253F86 #3255B6 #5576D0 #859CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#3255B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#3255B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3255B6

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3255B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3255B6	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F62B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3255b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 85, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.159 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b84cd',
    500: '#3255b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3255b6;
$custom-light: #7b84cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3255b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48025,
    "c": 0.15909,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3255B6

secondary

#C7B37D

accent

#B848E0

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0B0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3255B6

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

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