#3C8BDB#3C8BDB

#3C8BDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.143 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BDB
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(210, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 2.46, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 47.86, 272.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0456 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.144 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8775, 24.5377, 70.4819)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BDB #DB8C3C

analogous

#3CDADB #3C8BDB #3D3CDB

triadic

#3C8BDB #DB3C8B #8BDB3C

tetradic

#3C8BDB #DB3CDA #DB8C3C #3CDB3D

square

#3C8BDB #DB3CDA #DB8C3C #3CDB3D

split-complementary

#3C8BDB #DB3D3C #DADB3C

monochromatic

#184E84 #226CB8 #3C8BDB #70AAE5 #A3C8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#3C8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#3C8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BDB

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BDB	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6690DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F81D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.143 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ace6',
    500: '#3c8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bdb;
$custom-light: #85ace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.189,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62589,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BDB

secondary

#DBBA98

accent

#943CEC

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BDB

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

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