#3C8BDA#3C8BDA

#3C8BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.142 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BDA
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 2.11, -47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 47.37, 272.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0459 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.142 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7462, 24.4852, 69.7907)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BDA #DA8B3C

analogous

#3CDADA #3C8BDA #3C3CDA

triadic

#3C8BDA #DA3C8B #8BDA3C

tetradic

#3C8BDA #DA3CDA #DA8B3C #3CDA3C

square

#3C8BDA #DA3CDA #DA8B3C #3CDA3C

split-complementary

#3C8BDA #DA3C3C #DADA3C

monochromatic

#194E83 #236CB6 #3C8BDA #6FAAE4 #A3C8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#3C8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#3C8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BDA

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BDA	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)

#6790DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F81D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.142 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ace6',
    500: '#3c8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bda;
$custom-light: #85ace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 68.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62531,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BDA

secondary

#DAB997

accent

#943DEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BDA

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

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