#3B82F2#3B82F2

#3B82F2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.183 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B82F2
RGB	rgb(59, 130, 242)
HSL	hsl(217, 88%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(217, 76%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 46.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 16.09, -62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 64.64, 284.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0339 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.183 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8074, 23.3029, 87.1250)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B82F2 #F2AB3B

analogous

#3BDEF2 #3B82F2 #503BF2

triadic

#3B82F2 #F23B82 #82F23B

tetradic

#3B82F2 #F23BDE #F2AB3B #3BF250

square

#3B82F2 #F23BDE #F2AB3B #3BF250

split-complementary

#3B82F2 #F2503B #DEF23B

monochromatic

#0B48A7 #0F60E1 #3B82F2 #74A7F6 #AECBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#3B82F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#3B82F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B82F2

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B82F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B82F2	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#458EF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#117DF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b82f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 130, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.183 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a5f7',
    500: '#3b82f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b82f2;
$custom-light: #89a5f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b82f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.721,
    "s": 87.56,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62039,
    "c": 0.18286,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B82F2

secondary

#E8CCA0

accent

#AC2AFE

background

#F9FAFF

surface

#F2F4FF

border

#CCCED7

text

#0D0F17

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B82F2

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

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