#3C85AD#3C85AD

#3C85AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C85AD
RGB	rgb(60, 133, 173)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 23.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, -10.00, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 29.61, 250.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0536 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.095 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7909, 20.7510, 42.5948)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C85AD #AD643C

analogous

#3CAD9C #3C85AD #3C4CAD

triadic

#3C85AD #AD3C85 #85AD3C

tetradic

#3C85AD #9C3CAD #AD643C #4CAD3C

square

#3C85AD #9C3CAD #AD643C #4CAD3C

split-complementary

#3C85AD #AD3C4C #AD9C3C

monochromatic

#1C3F52 #2C6280 #3C85AD #5FA2C7 #8CBDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#3C85AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#3C85AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C85AD

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C85AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C85AD	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7284AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6279AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c85ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 133, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea8c5',
    500: '#3c85ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c85ad;
$custom-light: #7ea8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c85ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.239,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5876,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C85AD

secondary

#C29983

accent

#8050D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C85AD

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

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