#3B5ACD#3B5ACD

#3B5ACD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.182 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B5ACD
RGB	rgb(59, 90, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(227, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 56.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 27.80, -62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 68.82, 293.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% -0.0065 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.182 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4754, 12.6482, 59.3188)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B5ACD #CDAE3B

analogous

#3BA3CD #3B5ACD #653BCD

triadic

#3B5ACD #CD3B5A #5ACD3B

tetradic

#3B5ACD #CD3BA3 #CDAE3B #3BCD65

square

#3B5ACD #CD3BA3 #CDAE3B #3BCD65

split-complementary

#3B5ACD #CD653B #A3CD3B

monochromatic

#1D2F71 #2943A2 #3B5ACD #6C83D9 #9DACE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#3B5ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#3B5ACD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B5ACD

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B5ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B5ACD	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00768B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b5acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 90, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.182 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8388dd',
    500: '#3b5acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b5acd;
$custom-light: #8388dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b5acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.26,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5124,
    "c": 0.18152,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B5ACD

secondary

#D2C492

accent

#C145E3

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0C0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B5ACD

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

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