#3C8BD6#3C8BD6

#3C8BD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.137 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BD6
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 0.69, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 45.41, 270.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0469 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.137 250)
XYZ	xyz(23.2291, 24.2784, 67.0672)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BD6 #D6873C

analogous

#3CD6D4 #3C8BD6 #3C3ED6

triadic

#3C8BD6 #D63C8B #8BD63C

tetradic

#3C8BD6 #D43CD6 #D6873C #3ED63C

square

#3C8BD6 #D43CD6 #D6873C #3ED63C

split-complementary

#3C8BD6 #D63C3E #D6D43C

monochromatic

#1A4D7D #256CB0 #3C8BD6 #6FA9E1 #A1C7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3C8BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#3C8BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BD6

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BD6	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.137 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ace3',
    500: '#3c8bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bd6;
$custom-light: #84ace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.221,
    "s": 65.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62304,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.24281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BD6

secondary

#D8B696

accent

#9240E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BD6

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

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