#3C81BE#3C81BE

#3C81BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.117 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C81BE
RGB	rgb(60, 129, 190)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -1.85, -38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 38.32, 267.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0439 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.117 248)
XYZ	xyz(19.0045, 20.3769, 51.6368)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C81BE #BE793C

analogous

#3CBEBA #3C81BE #3C40BE

triadic

#3C81BE #BE3C81 #81BE3C

tetradic

#3C81BE #BA3CBE #BE793C #40BE3C

square

#3C81BE #BA3CBE #BE793C #40BE3C

split-complementary

#3C81BE #BE3C40 #BEBA3C

monochromatic

#1F4261 #2D618F #3C81BE #689FCF #96BCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#3C81BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#3C81BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C81BE

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C81BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C81BE	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6684C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5477BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c81be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 129, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.117 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a5d2',
    500: '#3c81be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c81be;
$custom-light: #80a5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c81be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.154,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58688,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.20379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C81BE

secondary

#CAA98C

accent

#8F4CDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C81BE

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

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