#3D8BA8#3D8BA8

#3D8BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.088 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8BA8
RGB	rgb(61, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -14.82, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 26.89, 236.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0613 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.088 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2222, 22.2826, 40.3788)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8BA8 #A85A3D

analogous

#3DA890 #3D8BA8 #3D55A8

triadic

#3D8BA8 #A83D8B #8BA83D

tetradic

#3D8BA8 #903DA8 #A85A3D #55A83D

square

#3D8BA8 #903DA8 #A85A3D #55A83D

split-complementary

#3D8BA8 #A83D55 #A8903D

monochromatic

#1C414E #2D667B #3D8BA8 #5EA9C4 #8BC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#3D8BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#3D8BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8BA8

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8BA8	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.088 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc2',
    500: '#3d8ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8ba8;
$custom-light: #7eadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.262,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60017,
    "c": 0.0876,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8BA8

secondary

#BF9281

accent

#7551D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8BA8

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

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