#3E59BE#3E59BE

#3E59BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.162 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E59BE
RGB	rgb(62, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(227, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(227, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.03, 23.47, -56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.03, 60.89, 292.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% -0.0038 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.162 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8501, 11.8852, 50.2167)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E59BE #BEA33E

analogous

#3E99BE #3E59BE #633EBE

triadic

#3E59BE #BE3E59 #59BE3E

tetradic

#3E59BE #BE3E99 #BEA33E #3EBE63

square

#3E59BE #BE3E99 #BEA33E #3EBE63

split-complementary

#3E59BE #BE633E #99BE3E

monochromatic

#202E62 #2F4390 #3E59BE #6B80CF #99A7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#3E59BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#3E59BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E59BE

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E59BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E59BE	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1467C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e59be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.162 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8287d2',
    500: '#3e59be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e59be;
$custom-light: #8287d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e59be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.344,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50039,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E59BE

secondary

#C9BD8E

accent

#BD4EDA

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E59BE

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

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