#3C5ACD#3C5ACD

#3C5ACD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.181 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C5ACD
RGB	rgb(60, 90, 205)
HSL	hsl(228, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(228, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 56.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 27.93, -62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 68.80, 293.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% -0.0056 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.181 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5353, 12.6791, 59.3216)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C5ACD #CDAF3C

analogous

#3CA3CD #3C5ACD #673CCD

triadic

#3C5ACD #CD3C5A #5ACD3C

tetradic

#3C5ACD #CD3CA3 #CDAF3C #3CCD67

square

#3C5ACD #CD3CA3 #CDAF3C #3CCD67

split-complementary

#3C5ACD #CD673C #A3CD3C

monochromatic

#1D2F71 #2A43A2 #3C5ACD #6D83D9 #9DACE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#3C5ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#3C5ACD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C5ACD

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C5ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C5ACD	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00768B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c5acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 90, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.181 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8488dd',
    500: '#3c5acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c5acd;
$custom-light: #8488dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c5acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51288,
    "c": 0.18124,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C5ACD

secondary

#D2C593

accent

#C245E2

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0C0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C5ACD

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

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