Information about #3B5BC6 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #3B5BC6 reads as a clearly saturated deep-sea blue and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Flat Medium Blue (#3A5FCD). Slightly further away sit Byzantine Blue (#3457D5) and True Blue (#2D68C4).
The recipe behind #3B5BC6 is rgb(59, 91, 198), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 6.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #3B5BC6 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#3B5BC6 color variations
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#3B5BC6 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#3B5BC6 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#3B5BC6 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#3B5BC6 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#3B5BC6 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #3B5BC6 color
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Nearest named colors to #3B5BC6
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#3A5FCD
#3457D5
#2D68C4
#4B61D1
#2A52BE
#446CCF
#286ACD
#4070B8
#3246BA
#4B57DB
#324AB2
#4072B7
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#3B5BC6
- RGB59, 91, 198
- CMYK55, 42, 0, 22
- CSSrgb(59, 91, 198)
- HSL226°, 55%, 50%
- HSL Precise226.187°, 54.941%, 50.392%
- HSV226°, 70%, 78%
- HSB226°, 70%, 78%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.231
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.357
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.776
- GLSLvec3(0.231, 0.357, 0.776)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.231, 0.357, 0.776, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.231, 0.357, 0.776)
- Percentage of Red in RGB23.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB35.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB77.6%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID3B5BC6
- DECIMAL ID3890118
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
