#3B5BBE#3B5BBE

#3B5BBE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.160 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B5BBE
RGB	rgb(59, 91, 190)
HSL	hsl(225, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(225, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 52.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 21.72, -55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 59.67, 291.34°)
OKLab	oklab(50.29% -0.0084 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(50.29% 0.16 267)
XYZ	xyz(14.8358, 12.1282, 50.2643)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B5BBE #BE9E3B

analogous

#3B9DBE #3B5BBE #5D3BBE

triadic

#3B5BBE #BE3B5B #5BBE3B

tetradic

#3B5BBE #BE3B9D #BE9E3B #3BBE5D

square

#3B5BBE #BE3B9D #BE9E3B #3BBE5D

split-complementary

#3B5BBE #BE5D3B #9DBE3B

monochromatic

#1E2E61 #2C458F #3B5BBE #6780D0 #95A7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#3B5BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#3B5BBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B5BBE

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B5BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B5BBE	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C68C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b5bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 91, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.160 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8088d2',
    500: '#3b5bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b5bbe;
$custom-light: #8088d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b5bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.344,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5029,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.1213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B5BBE

secondary

#CABA8B

accent

#B94CDC

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0B0B14

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B5BBE

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

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