#3C8BDF#3C8BDF

#3C8BDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.148 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BDF
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 3.89, -49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 49.86, 274.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0446 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.149 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4104, 24.7509, 73.2886)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BDF #DF903C

analogous

#3CDDDF #3C8BDF #3E3CDF

triadic

#3C8BDF #DF3C8B #8BDF3C

tetradic

#3C8BDF #DF3CDD #DF903C #3CDF3E

square

#3C8BDF #DF3CDD #DF903C #3CDF3E

split-complementary

#3C8BDF #DF3E3C #DDDF3C

monochromatic

#174F8A #1F6CBF #3C8BDF #71AAE8 #A5CAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#3C8BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#3C8BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BDF

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BDF	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6491E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B81DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.148 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ace9',
    500: '#3c8bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8bdf;
$custom-light: #86ace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.92,
    "s": 71.806,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62821,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BDF

secondary

#DDBC99

accent

#9739EF

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BDF

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

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