#3B6EC6#3B6EC6

#3B6EC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.148 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B6EC6
RGB	rgb(59, 110, 198)
HSL	hsl(218, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(218, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 44.4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 12.49, -50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 52.45, 283.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% -0.0243 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.148 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5690, 16.1570, 55.6078)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B6EC6 #C6933B

analogous

#3BB3C6 #3B6EC6 #4E3BC6

triadic

#3B6EC6 #C63B6E #6EC63B

tetradic

#3B6EC6 #C63BB3 #C6933B #3BC64E

square

#3B6EC6 #C63BB3 #C6933B #3BC64E

split-complementary

#3B6EC6 #C64E3B #B3C63B

monochromatic

#1E3968 #2C5498 #3B6EC6 #6A91D4 #9AB4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#3B6EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#3B6EC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B6EC6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B6EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B6EC6	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4277C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b6ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 110, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.148 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8197d8',
    500: '#3b6ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b6ec6;
$custom-light: #8197d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b6ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.986,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54859,
    "c": 0.14775,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B6EC6

secondary

#CDB78F

accent

#A84ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B6EC6

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

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