#3C8DC9#3C8DC9

#3C8DC9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.120 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DC9
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -5.04, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 38.49, 262.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.0525 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.12 244)
XYZ	xyz(21.9269, 24.2251, 58.7673)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DC9 #C9783C

analogous

#3CC9BF #3C8DC9 #3C46C9

triadic

#3C8DC9 #C93C8D #8DC93C

tetradic

#3C8DC9 #BF3CC9 #C9783C #46C93C

square

#3C8DC9 #BF3CC9 #C9783C #46C93C

split-complementary

#3C8DC9 #C93C46 #C9BF3C

monochromatic

#1E4B6D #2B6C9C #3C8DC9 #6CA9D6 #9CC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3C8DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#3C8DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DC9

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DC9	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.120 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed9',
    500: '#3c8dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dc9;
$custom-light: #82aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62054,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.24227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DC9

secondary

#D0AC91

accent

#8948E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DC9

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

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