Blue
#3587EC
#3587EC is a blue with high intensity, at step 500 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 5.2:1. On white it reaches only 3.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#3587EC shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #3587EC kept exactly at step 500. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F2F7FF
- 100 DFEDFF
- 200 C1DCFF
- 300 94C2FF
- 400 5FA5FF
- 500 3587EC
- 600 136BCC
- 700 0053A7
- 800 003E7F
- 900 002A5A
- 950 001738
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f2f7ff; --color-blue-100: #dfedff; --color-blue-200: #c1dcff; --color-blue-300: #94c2ff; --color-blue-400: #5fa5ff; --color-blue-500: #3587ec; --color-blue-600: #136bcc; --color-blue-700: #0053a7; --color-blue-800: #003e7f; --color-blue-900: #002a5a; --color-blue-950: #001738;}Is #3587EC readable?
Contrast for text on #3587EC and for #3587EC used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Large · 3.6APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AA · 5.2APCA Lc 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #2176D9 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Large · 3.6APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AA · 5.2APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
Color palettes with #3587EC
Six palettes built around #3587EC, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#3587EC · #948AF1 · #00AAD0 · #F7C0FF · #272B31
- Complementary#3587EC · #E4A323 · #E6A704 · #CBE5FF · #2F3237
- Split complementary#3587EC · #CA6E32 · #D9B600 · #D7E5FF · #232C39
- Triadic#3587EC · #D2626B · #55C452 · #B7DAFF · #1A2229
- Tetradic#3587EC · #D382A8 · #E4A400 · #A7FFE1 · #2D343B
- Monochromatic#3587EC · #4591DF · #45A9FF · #CCDFFF · #262B32
#3587EC as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #3587EC looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F2F7FF
- Brand 100, #DFEDFF
- Brand 200, #C1DCFF
- Brand 300, #94C2FF
- Brand 400, #5FA5FF
- Brand 500, #3587EC
- Brand 600, #136BCC
- Brand 700, #0053A7
- Brand 800, #003E7F
- Brand 900, #002A5A
- Brand 950, #001738
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E3E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D1D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9CA1A8
- Neutral 500, #6E747B
- Neutral 600, #4F555C
- Neutral 700, #3C4147
- Neutral 800, #24282E
- Neutral 900, #14181D
- Neutral 950, #070A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #90F1BF
- Success 300, #6BD9A2
- Success 400, #40BD85
- Success 500, #00A26A
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CD
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #FDAB47
- Warning 400, #ED9400
- Warning 500, #BD7500
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #FF6D6F
- Danger 500, #E90035
- Danger 600, #CD002D
- Danger 700, #A20022
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F1F8FF
- Info 100, #DDEDFF
- Info 200, #BDDDFF
- Info 300, #8DC4FF
- Info 400, #4EA8FF
- Info 500, #0082E0
- Info 600, #006FC1
- Info 700, #005799
- Info 800, #004175
- Info 900, #002C52
- Info 950, #001932
- Primary buttons use Brand 500 with neutral 950 text, at 5.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 500: it already reads on the dark background at 5.5:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #3587EC
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