#3C74AE#3C74AE

#3C74AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.109 H 251.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C74AE
RGB	rgb(60, 116, 174)
HSL	hsl(211, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 33.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 0.34, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 36.33, 270.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% -0.0351 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.109 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7460, 16.5059, 42.3923)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C74AE #AE763C

analogous

#3CADAE #3C74AE #3D3CAE

triadic

#3C74AE #AE3C74 #74AE3C

tetradic

#3C74AE #AE3CAD #AE763C #3CAE3D

square

#3C74AE #AE3CAD #AE763C #3CAE3D

split-complementary

#3C74AE #AE3D3C #ADAE3C

monochromatic

#1D3753 #2C5680 #3C74AE #5F93C8 #8DB2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#3C74AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#3C74AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C74AE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C74AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C74AE	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B77B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c74ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 116, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.109 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9bc6',
    500: '#3c74ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c74ae;
$custom-light: #7d9bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c74ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.526,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54792,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C74AE

secondary

#C2A383

accent

#9550D8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F8

border

#CACCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C74AE

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

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