#3C8EDC#3C8EDC

#3C8EDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.142 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8EDC
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 220)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 35.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 1.05, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 46.93, 271.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0481 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.142 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4499, 25.4712, 71.3241)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8EDC #DC8A3C

analogous

#3CDCDA #3C8EDC #3C3EDC

triadic

#3C8EDC #DC3C8E #8EDC3C

tetradic

#3C8EDC #DA3CDC #DC8A3C #3EDC3C

square

#3C8EDC #DA3CDC #DC8A3C #3EDC3C

split-complementary

#3C8EDC #DC3C3E #DCDA3C

monochromatic

#185086 #216FBA #3C8EDC #70ACE5 #A4CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#3C8EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#3C8EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8EDC

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8EDC	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A92DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.142 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aee7',
    500: '#3c8edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8edc;
$custom-light: #85aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63318,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8EDC

secondary

#DCB998

accent

#923BEC

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8EDC

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

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