#3B5EBE#3B5EBE

#3B5EBE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.156 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B5EBE
RGB	rgb(59, 94, 190)
HSL	hsl(224, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(224, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 50.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 19.78, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 57.75, 290.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% -0.011 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.156 266)
XYZ	xyz(15.0974, 12.6514, 50.3515)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B5EBE #BE9B3B

analogous

#3BA0BE #3B5EBE #5A3BBE

triadic

#3B5EBE #BE3B5E #5EBE3B

tetradic

#3B5EBE #BE3BA0 #BE9B3B #3BBE5A

square

#3B5EBE #BE3BA0 #BE9B3B #3BBE5A

split-complementary

#3B5EBE #BE5A3B #A0BE3B

monochromatic

#1E3061 #2C478F #3B5EBE #6783D0 #95A9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#3B5EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#3B5EBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B5EBE

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B5EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B5EBE	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)

#266AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b5ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 94, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.156 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808bd2',
    500: '#3b5ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b5ebe;
$custom-light: #808bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b5ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.969,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50908,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.12653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B5EBE

secondary

#CAB98B

accent

#B54CDC

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0F0FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0B0B14

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B5EBE

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

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