#3C8ECD#3C8ECD

#3C8ECD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.124 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8ECD
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, -4.23, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 39.89, 263.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0523 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.124 245)
XYZ	xyz(22.5517, 24.7119, 61.3271)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8ECD #CD7B3C

analogous

#3CCDC4 #3C8ECD #3C46CD

triadic

#3C8ECD #CD3C8E #8ECD3C

tetradic

#3C8ECD #C43CCD #CD7B3C #46CD3C

square

#3C8ECD #C43CCD #CD7B3C #46CD3C

split-complementary

#3C8ECD #CD3C46 #CDC43C

monochromatic

#1D4D71 #2A6EA2 #3C8ECD #6DAAD9 #9DC6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#3C8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#3C8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8ECD

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8ECD	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.124 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aedc',
    500: '#3c8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ecd;
$custom-light: #83aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.069,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62496,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.24714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8ECD

secondary

#D2AE93

accent

#8A45E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8ECD

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

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