#3C8BE2#3C8BE2

#3C8BE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.152 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8BE2
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 4.96, -51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 51.37, 275.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0439 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.152 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8184, 24.9141, 75.4377)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8BE2 #E2933C

analogous

#3CDEE2 #3C8BE2 #403CE2

triadic

#3C8BE2 #E23C8B #8BE23C

tetradic

#3C8BE2 #E23CDE #E2933C #3CE240

square

#3C8BE2 #E23CDE #E2933C #3CE240

split-complementary

#3C8BE2 #E2403C #DEE23C

monochromatic

#154F8E #1D6CC4 #3C8BE2 #71ABEA #A7CAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#3C8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#3C8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8BE2

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8BE2	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.152 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aceb',
    500: '#3c8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8be2;
$custom-light: #86aceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.446,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62998,
    "c": 0.15228,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8BE2

secondary

#DFBF9B

accent

#9837F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8BE2

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

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