#3C85B9#3C85B9

#3C85B9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.108 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C85B9
RGB	rgb(60, 133, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 28.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -5.93, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 34.44, 260.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0495 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.108 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0046, 21.2365, 48.9870)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C85B9 #B9703C

analogous

#3CB9AE #3C85B9 #3C47B9

triadic

#3C85B9 #B93C85 #85B93C

tetradic

#3C85B9 #AE3CB9 #B9703C #47B93C

square

#3C85B9 #AE3CB9 #B9703C #47B93C

split-complementary

#3C85B9 #B93C47 #B9AE3C

monochromatic

#1E435D #2D648B #3C85B9 #65A2CD #93BEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#3C85B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#3C85B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C85B9

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C85B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C85B9	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D86BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c85b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 133, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.108 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa8ce',
    500: '#3c85b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c85b9;
$custom-light: #7fa8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c85b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.96,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59357,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C85B9

secondary

#C7A389

accent

#884DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C85B9

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

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