#3C8ACD#3C8ACD

#3C8ACD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.127 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8ACD
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -1.90, -41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 41.54, 267.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0484 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.127 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9672, 23.5430, 61.1323)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8ACD #CD7F3C

analogous

#3CCDC8 #3C8ACD #3C42CD

triadic

#3C8ACD #CD3C8A #8ACD3C

tetradic

#3C8ACD #C83CCD #CD7F3C #42CD3C

square

#3C8ACD #C83CCD #CD7F3C #42CD3C

split-complementary

#3C8ACD #CD3C42 #CDC83C

monochromatic

#1D4B71 #2A6AA2 #3C8ACD #6DA7D9 #9DC4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3C8ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#3C8ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8ACD

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8ACD	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.127 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abdc',
    500: '#3c8acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8acd;
$custom-light: #83abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.724,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61577,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8ACD

secondary

#D2B093

accent

#8E45E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8ACD

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

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