#3B6DC6#3B6DC6

#3B6DC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.149 H 261.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B6DC6
RGB	rgb(59, 109, 198)
HSL	hsl(218, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(218, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 44.9%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 13.12, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 53.03, 284.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% -0.0234 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.149 261)
XYZ	xyz(17.4617, 15.9425, 55.5721)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B6DC6 #C6943B

analogous

#3BB3C6 #3B6DC6 #4E3BC6

triadic

#3B6DC6 #C63B6D #6DC63B

tetradic

#3B6DC6 #C63BB3 #C6943B #3BC64E

square

#3B6DC6 #C63BB3 #C6943B #3BC64E

split-complementary

#3B6DC6 #C64E3B #B3C63B

monochromatic

#1E3968 #2C5398 #3B6DC6 #6A90D4 #9AB4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#3B6DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#3B6DC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B6DC6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B6DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B6DC6	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4076C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2669C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b6dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 109, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.149 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8196d8',
    500: '#3b6dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b6dc6;
$custom-light: #8196d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b6dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.417,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54643,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.15944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B6DC6

secondary

#CDB78F

accent

#A94ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B6DC6

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

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