#3B5DC6#3B5DC6

#3B5DC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.168 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B5DC6
RGB	rgb(59, 93, 198)
HSL	hsl(225, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(225, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 53%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 23.34, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 62.94, 291.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% -0.0094 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.168 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9075, 12.8341, 55.0540)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B5DC6 #C6A43B

analogous

#3BA2C6 #3B5DC6 #5E3BC6

triadic

#3B5DC6 #C63B5D #5DC63B

tetradic

#3B5DC6 #C63BA2 #C6A43B #3BC65E

square

#3B5DC6 #C63BA2 #C6A43B #3BC65E

split-complementary

#3B5DC6 #C65E3B #A2C63B

monochromatic

#1E3068 #2C4698 #3B5DC6 #6A84D4 #9AABE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#3B5DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#3B5DC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B5DC6

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B5DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B5DC6	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#126BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b5dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 93, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.168 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828ad8',
    500: '#3b5dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b5dc6;
$custom-light: #828ad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b5dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.324,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51294,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B5DC6

secondary

#CDBE8F

accent

#BA4ADE

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0F0FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B5DC6

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

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