#3B72BA#3B72BA

#3B72BA is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.127 H 256.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B72BA
RGB	rgb(59, 114, 186)
HSL	hsl(214, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 38.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 5.65, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 43.66, 277.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% -0.0307 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.127 256)
XYZ	xyz(16.6806, 16.5079, 48.7521)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B72BA #BA833B

analogous

#3BB1BA #3B72BA #433BBA

triadic

#3B72BA #BA3B72 #72BA3B

tetradic

#3B72BA #BA3BB1 #BA833B #3BBA43

square

#3B72BA #BA3BB1 #BA833B #3BBA43

split-complementary

#3B72BA #BA433B #B1BA3B

monochromatic

#1E395D #2C568C #3B72BA #6492CE #93B3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#3B72BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#3B72BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B72BA

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B72BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B72BA	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)

#5177BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b72ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 114, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.127 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9acf',
    500: '#3b72ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b72ba;
$custom-light: #7f9acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b72ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.016,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54988,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.1651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B72BA

secondary

#C8AD89

accent

#9D4DDB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B72BA

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

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