#3B48D6#3B48D6

#3B48D6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.214 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3B48D6
RGBrgb(59, 72, 214)
HSLhsl(235, 65%, 54%)
HSVhsv(235, 72%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 66.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(38.58, 42.27, -74.09)
CIE-LCHlch(38.58, 85.29, 299.70°)
OKLaboklab(48.77% 0.0057 -0.2142)
OKLCHoklch(48.77% 0.214 271.5)
XYZxyz(16.2545, 10.4179, 64.7595)
Luminance0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3B48D6 #D6C93B
analogous
#3B95D6 #3B48D6 #7B3BD6
triadic
#3B48D6 #D63B48 #48D63B
tetradic
#3B48D6 #D63B95 #D6C93B #3BD67B
square
#3B48D6 #D63B95 #D6C93B #3BD67B
split-complementary
#3B48D6 #D67B3B #95D63B
monochromatic
#1A227D #2530AF #3B48D6 #6E77E1 #A0A7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81
#3B48D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08
#3B48D6 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B48D6
6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3B48D6#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##3B48D61.006.813.086.81
#FFFFFF6.811.0021.001.00
#0000003.0821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.811.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0062DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0054D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006E89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3b48d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 72, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.214 271.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877be4',
    500: '#3b48d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3b48d6;
$custom-light: #877be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3b48d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.968,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48772,
    "c": 0.21431,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3B48D6
secondary
#D8D295
accent
#DA3FE8
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F1EEFC
border
#CBC9D5
text
#0D0916
muted
#7E7B84

Preview Lab

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#3B48D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva