#3B4ED6#3B4ED6

#3B4ED6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.208 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B4ED6
RGB	rgb(59, 78, 214)
HSL	hsl(233, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(233, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 63.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 38.59, -71.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 81.53, 298.25°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% 0.002 -0.2075)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.208 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6615, 11.2319, 64.8952)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B4ED6 #D6C33B

analogous

#3B9BD6 #3B4ED6 #753BD6

triadic

#3B4ED6 #D63B4E #4ED63B

tetradic

#3B4ED6 #D63B9B #D6C33B #3BD675

square

#3B4ED6 #D63B9B #D6C33B #3BD675

split-complementary

#3B4ED6 #D6753B #9BD63B

monochromatic

#1A267D #2536AF #3B4ED6 #6E7CE1 #A0A9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#3B4ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#3B4ED6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B4ED6

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B4ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B4ED6	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b4ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 78, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.208 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867fe4',
    500: '#3b4ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b4ed6;
$custom-light: #867fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b4ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.645,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49785,
    "c": 0.20756,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B4ED6

secondary

#D8CF95

accent

#D43FE8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F1EEFC

border

#CBC9D5

text

#0D0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B4ED6

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

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