#3B5979#3B5979

#3B5979 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.064 H 250.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B5979
RGB	rgb(59, 89, 121)
HSL	hsl(211, 34%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, -1.36, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 21.56, 266.38°)
OKLab	oklab(45.47% -0.0208 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(45.47% 0.064 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8260, 9.4544, 19.4452)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B5979 #795B3B

analogous

#3B7879 #3B5979 #3C3B79

triadic

#3B5979 #793B59 #59793B

tetradic

#3B5979 #793B78 #795B3B #3B793C

square

#3B5979 #793B78 #795B3B #3B793C

split-complementary

#3B5979 #793C3B #78793B

monochromatic

#131C27 #273B50 #3B5979 #4F77A2 #7396BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#3B5979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#3B5979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B5979

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B5979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B5979	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E6064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b5979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 89, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.064 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7587a0',
    500: '#3b5979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b5979;
$custom-light: #7587a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b5979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.968,
    "s": 34.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4547,
    "c": 0.06364,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B5979

secondary

#A5896B

accent

#965DCB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF2

border

#C8CACC

text

#080B0E

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B5979

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

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