#3B5ABE#3B5ABE

#3B5ABE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.161 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B5ABE
RGB	rgb(59, 90, 190)
HSL	hsl(226, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 52.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 22.36, -56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 60.31, 291.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% -0.0075 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.161 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7508, 11.9584, 50.2360)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B5ABE #BE9F3B

analogous

#3B9CBE #3B5ABE #5E3BBE

triadic

#3B5ABE #BE3B5A #5ABE3B

tetradic

#3B5ABE #BE3B9C #BE9F3B #3BBE5E

square

#3B5ABE #BE3B9C #BE9F3B #3BBE5E

split-complementary

#3B5ABE #BE5E3B #9CBE3B

monochromatic

#1E2E61 #2C448F #3B5ABE #677FD0 #95A6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#3B5ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#3B5ABE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B5ABE

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B5ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B5ABE	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1767C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b5abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 90, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.161 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8088d2',
    500: '#3b5abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b5abe;
$custom-light: #8088d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b5abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.802,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50086,
    "c": 0.16115,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B5ABE

secondary

#CABB8B

accent

#BA4CDC

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0B0B14

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B5ABE

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

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