#3C81AA#3C81AA

#3C81AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.094 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C81AA
RGB	rgb(60, 129, 170)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, -8.72, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 29.53, 252.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.0503 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.094 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9667, 19.5617, 40.9041)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C81AA #AA653C

analogous

#3CAA9C #3C81AA #3C4AAA

triadic

#3C81AA #AA3C81 #81AA3C

tetradic

#3C81AA #9C3CAA #AA653C #4AAA3C

square

#3C81AA #9C3CAA #AA653C #4AAA3C

split-complementary

#3C81AA #AA3C4A #AA9C3C

monochromatic

#1C3C50 #2C5F7D #3C81AA #5D9FC6 #8BBAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#3C81AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#3C81AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C81AA

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C81AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C81AA	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E80AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F75A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c81aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 129, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.094 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da5c3',
    500: '#3c81aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c81aa;
$custom-light: #7da5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c81aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.364,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57655,
    "c": 0.09382,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C81AA

secondary

#C09981

accent

#8350D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C81AA

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

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