#3C79AE#3C79AE

#3C79AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.104 H 247.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C79AE
RGB	rgb(60, 121, 174)
HSL	hsl(208, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, -2.67, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 34.10, 265.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% -0.0404 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.104 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3380, 17.6898, 42.5896)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C79AE #AE713C

analogous

#3CAEAA #3C79AE #3C40AE

triadic

#3C79AE #AE3C79 #79AE3C

tetradic

#3C79AE #AA3CAE #AE713C #40AE3C

square

#3C79AE #AA3CAE #AE713C #40AE3C

split-complementary

#3C79AE #AE3C40 #AEAA3C

monochromatic

#1D3A53 #2C5980 #3C79AE #5F97C8 #8DB5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#3C79AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#3C79AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C79AE

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C79AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C79AE	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5270AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c79ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 121, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.104 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9fc6',
    500: '#3c79ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c79ae;
$custom-light: #7d9fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c79ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.895,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5596,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C79AE

secondary

#C2A183

accent

#8F50D8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F8

border

#CACCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C79AE

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

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