#3C8DBD#3C8DBD

#3C8DBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.107 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DBD
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -9.15, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 33.49, 254.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0564 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.107 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5701, 23.6823, 51.6213)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DBD #BD6C3C

analogous

#3CBDAD #3C8DBD #3C4DBD

triadic

#3C8DBD #BD3C8D #8DBD3C

tetradic

#3C8DBD #AD3CBD #BD6C3C #4DBD3C

square

#3C8DBD #AD3CBD #BD6C3C #4DBD3C

split-complementary

#3C8DBD #BD3C4D #BDAD3C

monochromatic

#1F4860 #2D6A8F #3C8DBD #67A8CF #96C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3C8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3C8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DBD

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DBD	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.107 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aed1',
    500: '#3c8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dbd;
$custom-light: #80aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61444,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DBD

secondary

#C9A38C

accent

#824DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DBD

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

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