#3B79BE#3B79BE

#3B79BE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.125 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B79BE
RGB	rgb(59, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(212, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(212, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 2.79, -42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 42.12, 273.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% -0.0366 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.125 253)
XYZ	xyz(17.9318, 18.3204, 51.2964)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B79BE #BE803B

analogous

#3BBBBE #3B79BE #3F3BBE

triadic

#3B79BE #BE3B79 #79BE3B

tetradic

#3B79BE #BE3BBB #BE803B #3BBE3F

square

#3B79BE #BE3BBB #BE803B #3BBE3F

split-complementary

#3B79BE #BE3F3B #BBBE3B

monochromatic

#1E3E61 #2C5B8F #3B79BE #6798D0 #95B8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#3B79BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#3B79BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B79BE

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B79BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B79BE	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	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)

#5A7DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4771BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b79be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.125 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809fd2',
    500: '#3b79be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b79be;
$custom-light: #809fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b79be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.603,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56812,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.18322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B79BE

secondary

#CAAC8B

accent

#984CDC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B79BE

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

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