#3B5EAE#3B5EAE

#3B5EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.134 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B5EAE
RGB	rgb(59, 94, 174)
HSL	hsl(222, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(222, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 46%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 13.96, -46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 48.60, 286.69°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% -0.0132 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.134 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4437, 11.9899, 41.6420)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B5EAE #AE8B3B

analogous

#3B97AE #3B5EAE #513BAE

triadic

#3B5EAE #AE3B5E #5EAE3B

tetradic

#3B5EAE #AE3B97 #AE8B3B #3BAE51

square

#3B5EAE #AE3B97 #AE8B3B #3BAE51

split-complementary

#3B5EAE #AE513B #97AE3B

monochromatic

#1C2D53 #2C4580 #3B5EAE #5E7EC8 #8CA3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#3B5EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#3B5EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B5EAE

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B5EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B5EAE	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3767B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#225CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00707D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b5eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 94, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.134 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8bc7',
    500: '#3b5eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b5eae;
$custom-light: #7d8bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b5eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49787,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B5EAE

secondary

#C2AF82

accent

#AF4FD9

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFF0F8

border

#CACBD1

text

#0B0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B5EAE

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

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