#3B79BA#3B79BA

#3B79BA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.120 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B79BA
RGB	rgb(59, 121, 186)
HSL	hsl(211, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 1.37, -40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 40.08, 271.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% -0.0377 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.12 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5007, 18.1479, 49.0254)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B79BA #BA7C3B

analogous

#3BB8BA #3B79BA #3D3BBA

triadic

#3B79BA #BA3B79 #79BA3B

tetradic

#3B79BA #BA3BB8 #BA7C3B #3BBA3D

square

#3B79BA #BA3BB8 #BA7C3B #3BBA3D

split-complementary

#3B79BA #BA3D3B #B8BA3B

monochromatic

#1E3D5D #2C5B8C #3B79BA #6498CE #93B7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#3B79BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#3B79BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B79BA

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B79BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B79BA	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A71B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b79ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 121, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.120 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9fcf',
    500: '#3b79ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b79ba;
$custom-light: #7f9fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b79ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.709,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56582,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B79BA

secondary

#C8A989

accent

#964DDB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B79BA

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

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