#3B56C8#3B56C8

#3B56C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.180 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B56C8
RGB	rgb(59, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(229, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(229, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 28.56, -62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 68.58, 294.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% -0.0036 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.18 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5532, 11.7539, 56.0815)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B56C8 #C8AD3B

analogous

#3B9CC8 #3B56C8 #673BC8

triadic

#3B56C8 #C83B56 #56C83B

tetradic

#3B56C8 #C83B9C #C8AD3B #3BC867

square

#3B56C8 #C83B9C #C8AD3B #3BC867

split-complementary

#3B56C8 #C8673B #9CC83B

monochromatic

#1E2D6B #2B419A #3B56C8 #6B7FD5 #9BA8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#3B56C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#3B56C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B56C8

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B56C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B56C8	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b56c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.180 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8385da',
    500: '#3b56c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b56c8;
$custom-light: #8385da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b56c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.511,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50069,
    "c": 0.17972,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B56C8

secondary

#CFC390

accent

#C348DF

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0C0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B56C8

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

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