#3B6EDE#3B6EDE

#3B6EDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.180 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3B6EDE
RGBrgb(59, 110, 222)
HSLhsl(221, 71%, 55%)
HSVhsv(221, 73%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(73.4%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(48.70, 21.26, -62.17)
CIE-LCHlch(48.70, 65.70, 288.88°)
OKLaboklab(56.51% -0.0208 -0.1788)
OKLCHoklch(56.51% 0.18 263.4)
XYZxyz(20.5597, 17.3533, 71.3591)
Luminance0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3B6EDE #DEAB3B
analogous
#3BBFDE #3B6EDE #593BDE
triadic
#3B6EDE #DE3B6E #6EDE3B
tetradic
#3B6EDE #DE3BBF #DEAB3B #3BDE59
square
#3B6EDE #DE3BBF #DEAB3B #3BDE59
split-complementary
#3B6EDE #DE593B #BFDE3B
monochromatic
#173A88 #2051BC #3B6EDE #6F95E7 #A4BCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70
#3B6EDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47
#3B6EDE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B6EDE
4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3B6EDE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##3B6EDE1.004.704.474.70
#FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00
#0000004.4721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#287CE2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006DDC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00899B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3b6ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.180 263.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8696e9',
    500: '#3b6ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3b6ede;
$custom-light: #8696e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3b6ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.227,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56514,
    "c": 0.17999,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3B6EDE
secondary
#DDC798
accent
#B63AEE
background
#F9F9FE
surface
#F1F2FD
border
#CBCCD5
text
#0D0D16
muted
#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B6EDE

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#3B6EDE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva