#3C8DE2#3C8DE2

#3C8DE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.150 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8DE2
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 37.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 3.77, -50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 50.37, 274.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0457 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.15 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1107, 25.4986, 75.5351)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8DE2 #E2913C

analogous

#3CE0E2 #3C8DE2 #3E3CE2

triadic

#3C8DE2 #E23C8D #8DE23C

tetradic

#3C8DE2 #E23CE0 #E2913C #3CE23E

square

#3C8DE2 #E23CE0 #E2913C #3CE23E

split-complementary

#3C8DE2 #E23E3C #E0E23C

monochromatic

#15508E #1D6EC4 #3C8DE2 #71ACEA #A7CBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#3C8DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#3C8DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8DE2

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8DE2	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6593E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.150 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adeb',
    500: '#3c8de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8de2;
$custom-light: #86adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.723,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6344,
    "c": 0.15025,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8DE2

secondary

#DFBE9B

accent

#9637F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8DE2

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

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