#3C85D6#3C85D6

#3C85D6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.143 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C85D6
RGB	rgb(60, 133, 214)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(212, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 37.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 4.26, -48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 48.32, 275.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0414 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.143 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3841, 22.5883, 66.7856)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C85D6 #D68D3C

analogous

#3CD2D6 #3C85D6 #403CD6

triadic

#3C85D6 #D63C85 #85D63C

tetradic

#3C85D6 #D63CD2 #D68D3C #3CD640

square

#3C85D6 #D63CD2 #D68D3C #3CD640

split-complementary

#3C85D6 #D6403C #D2D63C

monochromatic

#1A497D #2567B0 #3C85D6 #6FA5E1 #A1C4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3C85D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#3C85D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C85D6

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C85D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C85D6	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#608BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c85d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 133, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.143 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a8e3',
    500: '#3c85d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c85d6;
$custom-light: #84a8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c85d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.558,
    "s": 65.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60958,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C85D6

secondary

#D8B996

accent

#9840E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C85D6

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

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