#33509B#33509B

#33509B is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.127 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33509B
RGB	rgb(51, 80, 155)
HSL	hsl(223, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(223, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 48.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, 14.75, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 46.62, 288.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.01% -0.0096 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(45.01% 0.127 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1482, 8.8067, 32.1690)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33509B #9B7E33

analogous

#33849B #33509B #4A339B

triadic

#33509B #9B3350 #509B33

tetradic

#33509B #9B3384 #9B7E33 #339B4A

square

#33509B #9B3384 #9B7E33 #339B4A

split-complementary

#33509B #9B4A33 #849B33

monochromatic

#15203F #24386D #33509B #486AC3 #7690D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#33509B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#33509B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #33509B

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33509B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##33509B	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29599E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#134F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33509b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 80, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.127 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7680b9',
    500: '#33509b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33509b;
$custom-light: #7680b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33509b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.269,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45009,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33509B

secondary

#BAA56F

accent

#B34EDA

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF6

border

#C9C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #33509B

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

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