#3C8AD9#3C8AD9

#3C8AD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.142 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AD9
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 217)
HSL	hsl(210, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 2.35, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 47.35, 272.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0452 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.142 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4717, 24.1448, 69.0556)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AD9 #D98B3C

analogous

#3CD9D9 #3C8AD9 #3D3CD9

triadic

#3C8AD9 #D93C8A #8AD93C

tetradic

#3C8AD9 #D93CD9 #D98B3C #3CD93D

square

#3C8AD9 #D93CD9 #D98B3C #3CD93D

split-complementary

#3C8AD9 #D93D3C #D9D93C

monochromatic

#194D81 #236BB5 #3C8AD9 #6FA9E3 #A2C7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#3C8AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#3C8AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AD9

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AD9	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E80D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.142 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abe5',
    500: '#3c8ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ad9;
$custom-light: #85abe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.191,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6225,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AD9

secondary

#DAB997

accent

#943EEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AD9

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

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