#3C5EAE#3C5EAE

#3C5EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.133 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C5EAE
RGB	rgb(60, 94, 174)
HSL	hsl(222, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(222, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 46%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 14.14, -46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 48.57, 286.92°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% -0.0123 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.133 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5035, 12.0208, 41.6448)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C5EAE #AE8C3C

analogous

#3C97AE #3C5EAE #533CAE

triadic

#3C5EAE #AE3C5E #5EAE3C

tetradic

#3C5EAE #AE3C97 #AE8C3C #3CAE53

square

#3C5EAE #AE3C97 #AE8C3C #3CAE53

split-complementary

#3C5EAE #AE533C #97AE3C

monochromatic

#1D2D53 #2C4580 #3C5EAE #5F7EC8 #8DA3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#3C5EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#3C5EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C5EAE

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C5EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C5EAE	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3767B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#235CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00707D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c5eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 94, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.133 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8bc7',
    500: '#3c5eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c5eae;
$custom-light: #7e8bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c5eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.105,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49838,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C5EAE

secondary

#C2B083

accent

#AF50D8

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFF0F8

border

#CACBD1

text

#0B0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C5EAE

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

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