#3C88BD#3C88BD

#3C88BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.110 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C88BD
RGB	rgb(60, 136, 189)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 28%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, -6.29, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 35.10, 259.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0513 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.11 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8494, 22.2410, 51.3811)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C88BD #BD713C

analogous

#3CBDB2 #3C88BD #3C48BD

triadic

#3C88BD #BD3C88 #88BD3C

tetradic

#3C88BD #B23CBD #BD713C #48BD3C

square

#3C88BD #B23CBD #BD713C #48BD3C

split-complementary

#3C88BD #BD3C48 #BDB23C

monochromatic

#1F4560 #2D678F #3C88BD #67A4CF #96C0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#3C88BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#3C88BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C88BD

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C88BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C88BD	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7089BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c88bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 136, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.110 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aad1',
    500: '#3c88bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c88bd;
$custom-light: #80aad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c88bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.651,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60267,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C88BD

secondary

#C9A58C

accent

#874DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C88BD

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

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