#3D8ACD#3D8ACD

#3D8ACD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.127 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8ACD
RGB	rgb(61, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -1.75, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 41.48, 267.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0478 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.127 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0282, 23.5744, 61.1352)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8ACD #CD803D

analogous

#3DCDC8 #3D8ACD #3D42CD

triadic

#3D8ACD #CD3D8A #8ACD3D

tetradic

#3D8ACD #C83DCD #CD803D #42CD3D

square

#3D8ACD #C83DCD #CD803D #42CD3D

split-complementary

#3D8ACD #CD3D42 #CDC83D

monochromatic

#1D4B72 #2A6BA3 #3D8ACD #6EA7DA #9EC5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3D8ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#3D8ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8ACD

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8ACD	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.127 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abdc',
    500: '#3d8acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8acd;
$custom-light: #83abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.917,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61611,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8ACD

secondary

#D2B193

accent

#8E46E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8ACD

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

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