#3E79BE#3E79BE

#3E79BE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.124 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E79BE
RGB	rgb(62, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 3.28, -41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 41.97, 274.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% -0.0344 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.124 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1148, 18.4147, 51.3049)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3E79BE #BE833E

analogous

#3EB9BE #3E79BE #433EBE

triadic

#3E79BE #BE3E79 #79BE3E

tetradic

#3E79BE #BE3EB9 #BE833E #3EBE43

square

#3E79BE #BE3EB9 #BE833E #3EBE43

split-complementary

#3E79BE #BE433E #B9BE3E

monochromatic

#203E62 #2F5C90 #3E79BE #6B99CF #99B9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#3E79BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#3E79BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E79BE

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E79BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E79BE	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4871BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e79be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.124 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819fd2',
    500: '#3e79be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e79be;
$custom-light: #819fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e79be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.344,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56932,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E79BE

secondary

#C9AE8E

accent

#994EDA

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E79BE

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

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