#3C8CE2#3C8CE2

#3C8CE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.151 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8CE2
RGB	rgb(60, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 4.37, -50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 50.86, 274.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0448 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.151 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9639, 25.2050, 75.4861)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8CE2 #E2923C

analogous

#3CDFE2 #3C8CE2 #3F3CE2

triadic

#3C8CE2 #E23C8C #8CE23C

tetradic

#3C8CE2 #E23CDF #E2923C #3CE23F

square

#3C8CE2 #E23CDF #E2923C #3CE23F

split-complementary

#3C8CE2 #E23F3C #DFE23C

monochromatic

#15508E #1D6DC4 #3C8CE2 #71ABEA #A7CBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#3C8CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#3C8CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8CE2

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8CE2	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6492E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.151 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adeb',
    500: '#3c8ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ce2;
$custom-light: #86adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.084,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63219,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8CE2

secondary

#DFBE9B

accent

#9737F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8CE2

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

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