#3C5DAE#3C5DAE

#3C5DAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.135 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C5DAE
RGB	rgb(60, 93, 174)
HSL	hsl(223, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(223, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 46.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 14.78, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 49.20, 287.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% -0.0113 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.135 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4152, 11.8441, 41.6154)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C5DAE #AE8D3C

analogous

#3C96AE #3C5DAE #543CAE

triadic

#3C5DAE #AE3C5D #5DAE3C

tetradic

#3C5DAE #AE3C96 #AE8D3C #3CAE54

square

#3C5DAE #AE3C96 #AE8D3C #3CAE54

split-complementary

#3C5DAE #AE543C #96AE3C

monochromatic

#1D2C53 #2C4580 #3C5DAE #5F7EC8 #8DA2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#3C5DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#3C5DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C5DAE

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C5DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C5DAE	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3566B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00707D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c5dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 93, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.135 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8ac7',
    500: '#3c5dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c5dae;
$custom-light: #7e8ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c5dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.632,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49622,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C5DAE

secondary

#C2B083

accent

#B150D8

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFF0F8

border

#CACBD1

text

#0B0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C5DAE

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

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