#3C72BD#3C72BD

#3C72BD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.131 H 257.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C72BD
RGB	rgb(60, 114, 189)
HSL	hsl(215, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 39.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 6.89, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 45.23, 278.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.21% -0.0292 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(55.21% 0.131 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0628, 16.6677, 50.4522)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C72BD #BD873C

analogous

#3CB3BD #3C72BD #473CBD

triadic

#3C72BD #BD3C72 #72BD3C

tetradic

#3C72BD #BD3CB3 #BD873C #3CBD47

square

#3C72BD #BD3CB3 #BD873C #3CBD47

split-complementary

#3C72BD #BD473C #B3BD3C

monochromatic

#1F3A60 #2D568F #3C72BD #6793CF #96B4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#3C72BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#3C72BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C72BD

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C72BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C72BD	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5078C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c72bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 114, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.131 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809ad1',
    500: '#3c72bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c72bd;
$custom-light: #809ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c72bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.884,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55212,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C72BD

secondary

#C9AF8C

accent

#A04DDB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E14

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C72BD

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

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