#3C8CDA#3C8CDA

#3C8CDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.141 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CDA
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 218)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 35.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 1.52, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 46.89, 271.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0468 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.141 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8917, 24.7761, 69.8392)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CDA #DA8A3C

analogous

#3CDAD9 #3C8CDA #3C3DDA

triadic

#3C8CDA #DA3C8C #8CDA3C

tetradic

#3C8CDA #D93CDA #DA8A3C #3DDA3C

square

#3C8CDA #D93CDA #DA8A3C #3DDA3C

split-complementary

#3C8CDA #DA3C3D #DAD93C

monochromatic

#194E83 #236DB6 #3C8CDA #6FAAE4 #A3C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#3C8CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#3C8CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CDA

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CDA	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.141 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ade6',
    500: '#3c8cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cda;
$custom-light: #85ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.62,
    "s": 68.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62756,
    "c": 0.14129,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CDA

secondary

#DAB897

accent

#933DEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CDA

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

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