#3C8DCE#3C8DCE

#3C8DCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.126 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DCE
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(207, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -3.30, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 40.74, 265.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.051 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.126 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5247, 24.4642, 61.9155)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DCE #CE7D3C

analogous

#3CCEC6 #3C8DCE #3C44CE

triadic

#3C8DCE #CE3C8D #8DCE3C

tetradic

#3C8DCE #C63CCE #CE7D3C #44CE3C

square

#3C8DCE #C63CCE #CE7D3C #44CE3C

split-complementary

#3C8DCE #CE3C44 #CEC63C

monochromatic

#1D4D73 #296DA4 #3C8DCE #6DAADA #9EC6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#3C8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#3C8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DCE

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DCE	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.126 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aedd',
    500: '#3c8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8dce;
$custom-light: #83aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.712,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62319,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DCE

secondary

#D3AF93

accent

#8B45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DCE

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

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