#3B6BC9#3B6BC9

#3B6BC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.155 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B6BC9
RGB	rgb(59, 107, 201)
HSL	hsl(220, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(220, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 46.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 15.48, -53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 55.89, 286.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% -0.0211 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.155 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6002, 15.6604, 57.3422)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B6BC9 #C9993B

analogous

#3BB2C9 #3B6BC9 #523BC9

triadic

#3B6BC9 #C93B6B #6BC93B

tetradic

#3B6BC9 #C93BB2 #C9993B #3BC952

square

#3B6BC9 #C93BB2 #C9993B #3BC952

split-complementary

#3B6BC9 #C9523B #B2C93B

monochromatic

#1E386C #2B519C #3B6BC9 #6B8FD6 #9BB3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#3B6BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#3B6BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B6BC9

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B6BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B6BC9	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A75CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1968C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b6bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 107, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.155 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8294da',
    500: '#3b6bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b6bc9;
$custom-light: #8294da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b6bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.718,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54415,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B6BC9

secondary

#CFBA90

accent

#AD48E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B6BC9

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

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