#3C8CDF#3C8CDF

#3C8CDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.148 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CDF
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 223)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 37.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 3.30, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 49.36, 273.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0455 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.148 252)
XYZ	xyz(24.5559, 25.0418, 73.3371)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CDF #DF8F3C

analogous

#3CDEDF #3C8CDF #3D3CDF

triadic

#3C8CDF #DF3C8C #8CDF3C

tetradic

#3C8CDF #DF3CDE #DF8F3C #3CDF3D

square

#3C8CDF #DF3CDE #DF8F3C #3CDF3D

split-complementary

#3C8CDF #DF3D3C #DEDF3C

monochromatic

#174F8A #1F6DBF #3C8CDF #71ABE8 #A5CAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#3C8CDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#3C8CDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CDF

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CDF	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6691E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8cdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.148 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ade9',
    500: '#3c8cdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8cdf;
$custom-light: #86ade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8cdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.552,
    "s": 71.806,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63043,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.25045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CDF

secondary

#DDBC99

accent

#9639EF

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CDF

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

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