#3C85C8#3C85C8

#3C85C8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.126 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C85C8
RGB	rgb(60, 133, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 33.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -0.71, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 41.36, 269.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.045 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.126 249)
XYZ	xyz(20.6724, 21.9036, 57.7707)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C85C8 #C87F3C

analogous

#3CC8C5 #3C85C8 #3C3FC8

triadic

#3C85C8 #C83C85 #85C83C

tetradic

#3C85C8 #C53CC8 #C87F3C #3FC83C

square

#3C85C8 #C53CC8 #C87F3C #3FC83C

split-complementary

#3C85C8 #C83C3F #C8C53C

monochromatic

#1E466B #2C669B #3C85C8 #6CA3D5 #9BC1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#3C85C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#3C85C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C85C8

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C85C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C85C8	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6788CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c85c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 133, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.126 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a8d9',
    500: '#3c85c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c85c8;
$custom-light: #82a8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c85c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60157,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.21906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C85C8

secondary

#CFAF91

accent

#9149DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C85C8

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

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