#3B79C8#3B79C8

#3B79C8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.138 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B79C8
RGB	rgb(59, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(214, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(214, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 6.38, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 47.34, 277.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% -0.0342 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.138 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0625, 18.7726, 57.2512)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B79C8 #C88A3B

analogous

#3BBFC8 #3B79C8 #433BC8

triadic

#3B79C8 #C83B79 #79C83B

tetradic

#3B79C8 #C83BBF #C88A3B #3BC843

square

#3B79C8 #C83BBF #C88A3B #3BC843

split-complementary

#3B79C8 #C8433B #BFC83B

monochromatic

#1E406B #2B5C9A #3B79C8 #6B9AD5 #9BBAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#3B79C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#3B79C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B79C8

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B79C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B79C8	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F72C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b79c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.138 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819fd9',
    500: '#3b79c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b79c8;
$custom-light: #819fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b79c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.617,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57407,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B79C8

secondary

#CFB390

accent

#9D48DF

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B79C8

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

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