#3C85BD#3C85BD

#3C85BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.112 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C85BD
RGB	rgb(60, 133, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 29.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -4.55, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 36.21, 262.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0482 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.112 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4328, 21.4078, 51.2422)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C85BD #BD743C

analogous

#3CBDB5 #3C85BD #3C44BD

triadic

#3C85BD #BD3C85 #85BD3C

tetradic

#3C85BD #B53CBD #BD743C #44BD3C

square

#3C85BD #B53CBD #BD743C #44BD3C

split-complementary

#3C85BD #BD3C44 #BDB53C

monochromatic

#1F4460 #2D648F #3C85BD #67A2CF #96BEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#3C85BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#3C85BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C85BD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C85BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C85BD	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C86BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c85bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 133, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.112 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a8d1',
    500: '#3c85bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c85bd;
$custom-light: #80a8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c85bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.047,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59564,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C85BD

secondary

#C9A68C

accent

#8A4DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C85BD

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

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