#3C8CDB#3C8CDB

#3C8CDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.143 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CDB
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 219)
HSL	hsl(210, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 36.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 1.87, -47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 47.38, 272.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0465 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.143 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0229, 24.8286, 70.5304)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CDB #DB8B3C

analogous

#3CDBDA #3C8CDB #3C3DDB

triadic

#3C8CDB #DB3C8C #8CDB3C

tetradic

#3C8CDB #DA3CDB #DB8B3C #3DDB3C

square

#3C8CDB #DA3CDB #DB8B3C #3DDB3C

split-complementary

#3C8CDB #DB3C3D #DBDA3C

monochromatic

#184F84 #226DB8 #3C8CDB #70AAE5 #A3C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#3C8CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#3C8CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CDB

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CDB	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.143 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ade6',
    500: '#3c8cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cdb;
$custom-light: #85ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.811,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62813,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CDB

secondary

#DBB998

accent

#933CEC

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CDB

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

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