#3872BC#3872BC

#3872BC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.131 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3872BC
RGB	rgb(56, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(214, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(214, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 5.90, -44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 44.85, 277.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% -0.0324 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.131 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7220, 16.5044, 49.8716)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3872BC #BC8238

analogous

#38B4BC #3872BC #4038BC

triadic

#3872BC #BC3872 #72BC38

tetradic

#3872BC #BC38B4 #BC8238 #38BC40

square

#3872BC #BC38B4 #BC8238 #38BC40

split-complementary

#3872BC #BC4038 #B4BC38

monochromatic

#1C395E #2A558D #3872BC #6192D0 #90B2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#3872BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#3872BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3872BC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3872BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3872BC	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5078BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3872bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.131 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e9ad0',
    500: '#3872bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3872bc;
$custom-light: #7e9ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3872bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54988,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3872BC

secondary

#C9AC87

accent

#9D4ADD

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3872BC

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

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