#3C8DCD#3C8DCD

#3C8DCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.125 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DCD
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -3.65, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 40.29, 264.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0513 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.125 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4036, 24.4157, 61.2778)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DCD #CD7C3C

analogous

#3CCDC5 #3C8DCD #3C44CD

triadic

#3C8DCD #CD3C8D #8DCD3C

tetradic

#3C8DCD #C53CCD #CD7C3C #44CD3C

square

#3C8DCD #C53CCD #CD7C3C #44CD3C

split-complementary

#3C8DCD #CD3C44 #CDC53C

monochromatic

#1D4C71 #2A6DA2 #3C8DCD #6DA9D9 #9DC6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#3C8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#3C8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DCD

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DCD	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.125 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aedc',
    500: '#3c8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dcd;
$custom-light: #83aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.483,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62266,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DCD

secondary

#D2AF93

accent

#8B45E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DCD

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

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