#3D8ABE#3D8ABE

#3D8ABE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.109 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8ABE
RGB	rgb(61, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -6.94, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 34.75, 258.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0524 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.109 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3036, 22.8846, 52.0523)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8ABE #BE713D

analogous

#3DBEB2 #3D8ABE #3D4ABE

triadic

#3D8ABE #BE3D8A #8ABE3D

tetradic

#3D8ABE #B23DBE #BE713D #4ABE3D

square

#3D8ABE #B23DBE #BE713D #4ABE3D

split-complementary

#3D8ABE #BE3D4A #BEB23D

monochromatic

#1F4761 #2E6890 #3D8ABE #69A6CF #98C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#3D8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3D8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8ABE

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8ABE	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.109 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd2',
    500: '#3d8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8abe;
$custom-light: #81acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.186,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60822,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8ABE

secondary

#C9A68D

accent

#864DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8ABE

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

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