#3C98D8#3C98D8

#3C98D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.129 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C98D8
RGB	rgb(60, 152, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 29.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -6.15, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 40.90, 261.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0586 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.129 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4816, 28.3721, 69.0858)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C98D8 #D87C3C

analogous

#3CD8CA #3C98D8 #3C4AD8

triadic

#3C98D8 #D83C98 #98D83C

tetradic

#3C98D8 #CA3CD8 #D87C3C #4AD83C

square

#3C98D8 #CA3CD8 #D87C3C #4AD83C

split-complementary

#3C98D8 #D83C4A #D8CA3C

monochromatic

#1A5680 #2478B3 #3C98D8 #6FB3E2 #A2CEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#3C98D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#3C98D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C98D8

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C98D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C98D8	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B99DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c98d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 152, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.129 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6e4',
    500: '#3c98d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c98d8;
$custom-light: #85b6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c98d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65374,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C98D8

secondary

#D9B297

accent

#853EEA

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C98D8

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

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