#3C8DCB#3C8DCB

#3C8DCB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.122 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DCB
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(206, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -4.34, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 39.38, 263.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0519 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.122 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1637, 24.3198, 60.0144)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DCB #CB7A3C

analogous

#3CCBC2 #3C8DCB #3C46CB

triadic

#3C8DCB #CB3C8D #8DCB3C

tetradic

#3C8DCB #C23CCB #CB7A3C #46CB3C

square

#3C8DCB #C23CCB #CB7A3C #46CB3C

split-complementary

#3C8DCB #CB3C46 #CBC23C

monochromatic

#1E4C6F #2A6D9F #3C8DCB #6CA9D8 #9DC5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#3C8DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#3C8DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DCB

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DCB	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.122 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aedb',
    500: '#3c8dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dcb;
$custom-light: #82aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.014,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62159,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DCB

secondary

#D1AD92

accent

#8A47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DCB

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

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