#5255C8#5255C8

#5255C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.175 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5255C8
RGB	rgb(82, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(238, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(238, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.94, 32.81, -60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.94, 68.80, 298.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.0218 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.175 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1502, 12.4597, 56.1336)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5255C8 #C8C552

analogous

#5290C8 #5255C8 #8A52C8

triadic

#5255C8 #C85255 #55C852

tetradic

#5255C8 #C85290 #C8C552 #52C88A

square

#5255C8 #C85290 #C8C552 #52C88A

split-complementary

#5255C8 #C88A52 #90C852

monochromatic

#272979 #3538A8 #5255C8 #8083D7 #AFB0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#5255C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#5255C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5255C8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5255C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5255C8	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5255c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.175 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d85d9',
    500: '#5255c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5255c8;
$custom-light: #8d85d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5255c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.475,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51261,
    "c": 0.17499,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5255C8

secondary

#D4D2A2

accent

#D84DDB

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5255C8

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

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