#3C8DC5#3C8DC5

#3C8DC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.115 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DC5
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -6.42, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 36.75, 259.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0538 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.115 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4625, 24.0393, 56.3214)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DC5 #C5743C

analogous

#3CC5B9 #3C8DC5 #3C48C5

triadic

#3C8DC5 #C53C8D #8DC53C

tetradic

#3C8DC5 #B93CC5 #C5743C #48C53C

square

#3C8DC5 #B93CC5 #C5743C #48C53C

split-complementary

#3C8DC5 #C53C48 #C5B93C

monochromatic

#1F4A68 #2D6C97 #3C8DC5 #6BA9D3 #9AC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3C8DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#3C8DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DC5

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DC5	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.115 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed7',
    500: '#3c8dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dc5;
$custom-light: #81aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.526,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61847,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DC5

secondary

#CDA990

accent

#864ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DC5

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

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