#3C5BC8#3C5BC8

#3C5BC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.173 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C5BC8
RGB	rgb(60, 91, 200)
HSL	hsl(227, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(227, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 54.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 25.49, -60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 65.33, 292.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% -0.0067 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.173 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0263, 12.6113, 56.2220)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C5BC8 #C8A93C

analogous

#3CA1C8 #3C5BC8 #633CC8

triadic

#3C5BC8 #C83C5B #5BC83C

tetradic

#3C5BC8 #C83CA1 #C8A93C #3CC863

square

#3C5BC8 #C83CA1 #C8A93C #3CC863

split-complementary

#3C5BC8 #C8633C #A1C83C

monochromatic

#1E2F6B #2C449B #3C5BC8 #6C83D5 #9BABE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#3C5BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#3C5BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C5BC8

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C5BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C5BC8	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c5bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 91, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.173 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8389d9',
    500: '#3c5bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c5bc8;
$custom-light: #8389d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c5bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51095,
    "c": 0.17327,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C5BC8

secondary

#CFC191

accent

#BE49DF

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0C0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C5BC8

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

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