#3C72BC#3C72BC

#3C72BC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.129 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C72BC
RGB	rgb(60, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(215, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 6.53, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 44.69, 278.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% -0.0294 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.129 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9546, 16.6244, 49.8825)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C72BC #BC863C

analogous

#3CB2BC #3C72BC #463CBC

triadic

#3C72BC #BC3C72 #72BC3C

tetradic

#3C72BC #BC3CB2 #BC863C #3CBC46

square

#3C72BC #BC3CB2 #BC863C #3CBC46

split-complementary

#3C72BC #BC463C #B2BC3C

monochromatic

#1E3A5F #2D568E #3C72BC #6793CE #95B4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#3C72BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#3C72BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C72BC

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C72BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C72BC	1.00	4.86	4.33	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	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: #3c72bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.129 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809ad0',
    500: '#3c72bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c72bc;
$custom-light: #809ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c72bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.688,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55151,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C72BC

secondary

#C9AF8B

accent

#9F4DDB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C72BC

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

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