#3255B9#3255B9

#3255B9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.163 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3255B9
RGB	rgb(50, 85, 185)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(224, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 54.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.03, 22.50, -56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.03, 60.85, 291.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% -0.0117 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.163 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3178, 10.6765, 47.2484)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3255B9 #B99632

analogous

#3298B9 #3255B9 #5232B9

triadic

#3255B9 #B93255 #55B932

tetradic

#3255B9 #B93298 #B99632 #32B952

square

#3255B9 #B93298 #B99632 #32B952

split-complementary

#3255B9 #B95232 #98B932

monochromatic

#182959 #253F89 #3255B9 #5777D2 #879EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#3255B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#3255B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3255B9

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3255B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3255B9	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0462BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3255b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 85, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.163 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c84cf',
    500: '#3255b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3255b9;
$custom-light: #7c84cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3255b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.444,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48257,
    "c": 0.16321,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3255B9

secondary

#C8B57F

accent

#B947E1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0B0A14

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3255B9

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

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