#3B6AD4#3B6AD4

#3B6AD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.171 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B6AD4
RGB	rgb(59, 106, 212)
HSL	hsl(222, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 50%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 20.13, -59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 62.63, 288.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% -0.0188 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.171 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8371, 15.9893, 64.3681)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B6AD4 #D4A53B

analogous

#3BB6D4 #3B6AD4 #583BD4

triadic

#3B6AD4 #D43B6A #6AD43B

tetradic

#3B6AD4 #D43BB6 #D4A53B #3BD458

square

#3B6AD4 #D43BB6 #D4A53B #3BD458

split-complementary

#3B6AD4 #D4583B #B6D43B

monochromatic

#1B387A #264FAC #3B6AD4 #6D90DF #9FB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#3B6AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#3B6AD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B6AD4

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B6AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B6AD4	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A77D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b6ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 106, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.171 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8494e2',
    500: '#3b6ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b6ad4;
$custom-light: #8494e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b6ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.569,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54975,
    "c": 0.17144,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B6AD4

secondary

#D6C294

accent

#B441E7

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B6AD4

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

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