#3D8AE0#3D8AE0

#3D8AE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.150 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8AE0
RGB	rgb(61, 138, 224)
HSL	hsl(212, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 4.98, -50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 50.82, 275.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0429 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.15 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4625, 24.5481, 73.9556)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8AE0 #E0933D

analogous

#3DDCE0 #3D8AE0 #413DE0

triadic

#3D8AE0 #E03D8A #8AE03D

tetradic

#3D8AE0 #E03DDC #E0933D #3DE041

square

#3D8AE0 #E03DDC #E0933D #3DE041

split-complementary

#3D8AE0 #E0413D #DCE03D

monochromatic

#164E8C #1F6BC1 #3D8AE0 #72AAE8 #A7CAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#3D8AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#3D8AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8AE0

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8AE0	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6290E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4981DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.150 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abea',
    500: '#3d8ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8ae0;
$custom-light: #86abea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.656,
    "s": 72.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62691,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8AE0

secondary

#DEBE9B

accent

#9939EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8AE0

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

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