#3255B8#3255B8

#3255B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.162 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3255B8
RGB	rgb(50, 85, 184)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(224, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 53.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.96, 22.13, -56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.96, 60.27, 291.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% -0.0117 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.162 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2126, 10.6344, 46.6944)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3255B8 #B89532

analogous

#3298B8 #3255B8 #5232B8

triadic

#3255B8 #B83255 #55B832

tetradic

#3255B8 #B83298 #B89532 #32B852

square

#3255B8 #B83298 #B89532 #32B852

split-complementary

#3255B8 #B85232 #98B832

monochromatic

#182958 #253F88 #3255B8 #5676D1 #869DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#3255B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#3255B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3255B8

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3255B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3255B8	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0862BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3255b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 85, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.162 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c84ce',
    500: '#3255b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3255b8;
$custom-light: #7c84ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3255b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.328,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48179,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3255B8

secondary

#C8B57E

accent

#B847E1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0B0A14

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3255B8

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

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