#3C81AC#3C81AC

#3C81AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.096 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C81AC
RGB	rgb(60, 129, 172)
HSL	hsl(203, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 25%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, -8.05, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 30.32, 254.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0496 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.096 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1573, 19.6380, 41.9080)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C81AC #AC673C

analogous

#3CAC9F #3C81AC #3C49AC

triadic

#3C81AC #AC3C81 #81AC3C

tetradic

#3C81AC #9F3CAC #AC673C #49AC3C

square

#3C81AC #9F3CAC #AC673C #49AC3C

split-complementary

#3C81AC #AC3C49 #AC9F3C

monochromatic

#1C3D51 #2C5F7F #3C81AC #5E9FC7 #8CBAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#3C81AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#3C81AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C81AC

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C81AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C81AC	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D81AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E76AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c81ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 129, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.096 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da5c5',
    500: '#3c81ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c81ac;
$custom-light: #7da5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c81ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.036,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57753,
    "c": 0.09595,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C81AC

secondary

#C19B82

accent

#8450D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C81AC

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

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