#3C8BCD#3C8BCD

#3C8BCD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.126 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BCD
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -2.48, -41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 41.11, 266.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0494 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.126 247)
XYZ	xyz(22.1114, 23.8312, 61.1803)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BCD #CD7E3C

analogous

#3CCDC6 #3C8BCD #3C43CD

triadic

#3C8BCD #CD3C8B #8BCD3C

tetradic

#3C8BCD #C63CCD #CD7E3C #43CD3C

square

#3C8BCD #C63CCD #CD7E3C #43CD3C

split-complementary

#3C8BCD #CD3C43 #CDC63C

monochromatic

#1D4B71 #2A6BA2 #3C8BCD #6DA8D9 #9DC5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#3C8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#3C8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BCD

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BCD	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.126 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acdc',
    500: '#3c8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bcd;
$custom-light: #83acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.31,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61806,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.23834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BCD

secondary

#D2B093

accent

#8D45E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BCD

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

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