#3C81AE#3C81AE

#3C81AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.098 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C81AE
RGB	rgb(60, 129, 174)
HSL	hsl(204, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, -7.37, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 31.13, 256.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0489 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.098 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3508, 19.7154, 42.9272)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C81AE #AE693C

analogous

#3CAEA2 #3C81AE #3C48AE

triadic

#3C81AE #AE3C81 #81AE3C

tetradic

#3C81AE #A23CAE #AE693C #48AE3C

square

#3C81AE #A23CAE #AE693C #48AE3C

split-complementary

#3C81AE #AE3C48 #AEA23C

monochromatic

#1D3E53 #2C5F80 #3C81AE #5F9FC8 #8DBAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#3C81AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#3C81AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C81AE

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C81AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C81AE	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C81B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D76AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c81ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 129, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.098 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea5c6',
    500: '#3c81ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c81ae;
$custom-light: #7ea5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c81ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57853,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C81AE

secondary

#C29C83

accent

#8650D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C81AE

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

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