#3C81BD#3C81BD

#3C81BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.116 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C81BD
RGB	rgb(60, 129, 189)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, -2.20, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 37.84, 266.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% -0.0442 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.116 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8956, 20.3333, 51.0631)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C81BD #BD783C

analogous

#3CBDB9 #3C81BD #3C41BD

triadic

#3C81BD #BD3C81 #81BD3C

tetradic

#3C81BD #B93CBD #BD783C #41BD3C

square

#3C81BD #B93CBD #BD783C #41BD3C

split-complementary

#3C81BD #BD3C41 #BDB93C

monochromatic

#1F4260 #2D618F #3C81BD #679FCF #96BCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#3C81BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#3C81BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C81BD

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C81BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C81BD	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6683C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5477BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c81bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 129, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.116 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a5d1',
    500: '#3c81bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c81bd;
$custom-light: #80a5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c81bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.907,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58633,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C81BD

secondary

#C9A88C

accent

#8F4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C81BD

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

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