#3C5BCD#3C5BCD

#3C5BCD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.180 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C5BCD
RGB	rgb(60, 91, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(227, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 55.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 27.29, -62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 68.16, 293.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% -0.0064 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.18 268)
XYZ	xyz(16.6202, 12.8489, 59.3500)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C5BCD #CDAE3C

analogous

#3CA4CD #3C5BCD #653CCD

triadic

#3C5BCD #CD3C5B #5BCD3C

tetradic

#3C5BCD #CD3CA4 #CDAE3C #3CCD65

square

#3C5BCD #CD3CA4 #CDAE3C #3CCD65

split-complementary

#3C5BCD #CD653C #A4CD3C

monochromatic

#1D2F71 #2A43A2 #3C5BCD #6D84D9 #9DADE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#3C5BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#3C5BCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C5BCD

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C5BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C5BCD	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00778B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c5bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 91, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.180 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8489dd',
    500: '#3c5bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c5bcd;
$custom-light: #8489dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c5bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.172,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51483,
    "c": 0.18001,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.12851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C5BCD

secondary

#D2C593

accent

#C145E2

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0C0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C5BCD

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

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