#3C8CD9#3C8CD9

#3C8CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.140 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CD9
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(209, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, 1.16, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 46.40, 271.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0471 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.14 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7612, 24.7239, 69.1521)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CD9 #D9893C

analogous

#3CD9D8 #3C8CD9 #3C3ED9

triadic

#3C8CD9 #D93C8C #8CD93C

tetradic

#3C8CD9 #D83CD9 #D9893C #3ED93C

square

#3C8CD9 #D83CD9 #D9893C #3ED93C

split-complementary

#3C8CD9 #D93C3E #D9D83C

monochromatic

#194E81 #236DB5 #3C8CD9 #6FAAE3 #A2C8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#3C8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#3C8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CD9

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CD9	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)

#6990DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.140 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ade5',
    500: '#3c8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cd9;
$custom-light: #85ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.427,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62699,
    "c": 0.14006,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CD9

secondary

#DAB897

accent

#923EEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CD9

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

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