#3C72BB#3C72BB

#3C72BB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.128 H 256.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C72BB
RGB	rgb(60, 114, 187)
HSL	hsl(214, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 39%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 6.18, -43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 44.15, 278.04°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% -0.0297 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.128 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8472, 16.5814, 49.3167)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C72BB #BB853C

analogous

#3CB1BB #3C72BB #453CBB

triadic

#3C72BB #BB3C72 #72BB3C

tetradic

#3C72BB #BB3CB1 #BB853C #3CBB45

square

#3C72BB #BB3CB1 #BB853C #3CBB45

split-complementary

#3C72BB #BB453C #B1BB3C

monochromatic

#1E3A5E #2D568D #3C72BB #6692CE #95B3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#3C72BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#3C72BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C72BB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C72BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C72BB	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)

#5178BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c72bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 114, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.128 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9ad0',
    500: '#3c72bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c72bb;
$custom-light: #7f9ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c72bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.488,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5509,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C72BB

secondary

#C8AE8B

accent

#9F4DDB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C72BB

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

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