#3C8AE0#3C8AE0

#3C8AE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.151 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AE0
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 224)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 4.84, -50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 50.86, 275.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0435 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.151 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4015, 24.5167, 73.9527)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AE0 #E0923C

analogous

#3CDCE0 #3C8AE0 #403CE0

triadic

#3C8AE0 #E03C8A #8AE03C

tetradic

#3C8AE0 #E03CDC #E0923C #3CE040

square

#3C8AE0 #E03CDC #E0923C #3CE040

split-complementary

#3C8AE0 #E0403C #DCE03C

monochromatic

#164E8B #1F6BC0 #3C8AE0 #71AAE8 #A6C9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#3C8AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#3C8AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AE0

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AE0	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6290E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.151 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abea',
    500: '#3c8ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ae0;
$custom-light: #86abea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.463,
    "s": 72.566,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62658,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AE0

secondary

#DEBE9A

accent

#9839EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AE0

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

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