#3B5CC6#3B5CC6

#3B5CC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.170 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B5CC6
RGB	rgb(59, 92, 198)
HSL	hsl(226, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(226, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 53.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 23.98, -58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 63.58, 292.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% -0.0085 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.17 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8203, 12.6597, 55.0250)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B5CC6 #C6A53B

analogous

#3BA2C6 #3B5CC6 #5F3BC6

triadic

#3B5CC6 #C63B5C #5CC63B

tetradic

#3B5CC6 #C63BA2 #C6A53B #3BC65F

square

#3B5CC6 #C63BA2 #C6A53B #3BC65F

split-complementary

#3B5CC6 #C65F3B #A2C63B

monochromatic

#1E3068 #2C4698 #3B5CC6 #6A83D4 #9AABE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#3B5CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#3B5CC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B5CC6

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B5CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B5CC6	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)

#0C6ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b5cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 92, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.170 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8289d8',
    500: '#3b5cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b5cc6;
$custom-light: #8289d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b5cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.755,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51093,
    "c": 0.16961,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B5CC6

secondary

#CDBF8F

accent

#BB4ADE

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0F0FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B5CC6

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

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