#3B79BD#3B79BD

#3B79BD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.124 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B79BD
RGB	rgb(59, 121, 189)
HSL	hsl(211, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 36%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 2.44, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 41.61, 273.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% -0.0368 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.124 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8229, 18.2768, 50.7227)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B79BD #BD7F3B

analogous

#3BBABD #3B79BD #3E3BBD

triadic

#3B79BD #BD3B79 #79BD3B

tetradic

#3B79BD #BD3BBA #BD7F3B #3BBD3E

square

#3B79BD #BD3BBA #BD7F3B #3BBD3E

split-complementary

#3B79BD #BD3E3B #BABD3B

monochromatic

#1E3D60 #2C5B8E #3B79BD #6698CF #95B8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#3B79BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#3B79BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B79BD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B79BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B79BD	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4871BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b79bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 121, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.124 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9fd1',
    500: '#3b79bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b79bd;
$custom-light: #7f9fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b79bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56754,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B79BD

secondary

#C9AB8B

accent

#974CDC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B79BD

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

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