#3C8ED6#3C8ED6

#3C8ED6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.135 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8ED6
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 214)
HSL	hsl(208, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 33.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -1.07, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 44.05, 268.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0497 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.135 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6695, 25.1591, 67.2140)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8ED6 #D6843C

analogous

#3CD6D1 #3C8ED6 #3C41D6

triadic

#3C8ED6 #D63C8E #8ED63C

tetradic

#3C8ED6 #D13CD6 #D6843C #41D63C

square

#3C8ED6 #D13CD6 #D6843C #41D63C

split-complementary

#3C8ED6 #D63C41 #D6D13C

monochromatic

#1A4F7D #256FB0 #3C8ED6 #6FABE1 #A1C9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#3C8ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#3C8ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8ED6

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8ED6	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D91D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.135 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aee3',
    500: '#3c8ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ed6;
$custom-light: #84aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.052,
    "s": 65.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62983,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8ED6

secondary

#D8B596

accent

#8E40E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8ED6

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

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