#3B72BC#3B72BC

#3B72BC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.130 H 256.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B72BC
RGB	rgb(59, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(214, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 6.37, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 44.73, 278.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.11% -0.0302 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(55.11% 0.13 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8947, 16.5935, 49.8797)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B72BC #BC853B

analogous

#3BB2BC #3B72BC #453BBC

triadic

#3B72BC #BC3B72 #72BC3B

tetradic

#3B72BC #BC3BB2 #BC853B #3BBC45

square

#3B72BC #BC3BB2 #BC853B #3BBC45

split-complementary

#3B72BC #BC453B #B2BC3B

monochromatic

#1E3A5F #2C568D #3B72BC #6592CF #94B3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#3B72BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#3B72BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B72BC

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B72BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B72BC	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5078BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b72bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.130 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9ad0',
    500: '#3b72bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b72bc;
$custom-light: #7f9ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b72bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.419,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55109,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B72BC

secondary

#C9AE8A

accent

#9E4CDC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B72BC

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

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