#3D8BAD#3D8BAD

#3D8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.092 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8BAD
RGB	rgb(61, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -13.20, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 28.27, 242.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0594 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.092 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6969, 22.4725, 42.8793)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8BAD #AD5F3D

analogous

#3DAD97 #3D8BAD #3D53AD

triadic

#3D8BAD #AD3D8B #8BAD3D

tetradic

#3D8BAD #973DAD #AD5F3D #53AD3D

square

#3D8BAD #973DAD #AD5F3D #53AD3D

split-complementary

#3D8BAD #AD3D53 #AD973D

monochromatic

#1D4253 #2D6780 #3D8BAD #60A8C7 #8DC1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#3D8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#3D8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8BAD

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8BAD	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.092 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadc5',
    500: '#3d8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8bad;
$custom-light: #7eadc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.214,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60241,
    "c": 0.09173,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8BAD

secondary

#C29784

accent

#7950D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8BAD

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

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