#3D8BC8#3D8BC8

#3D8BC8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.120 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8BC8
RGB	rgb(61, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -4.08, -38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 38.75, 263.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0503 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.12 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5785, 23.6251, 58.0553)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8BC8 #C87A3D

analogous

#3DC8BF #3D8BC8 #3D45C8

triadic

#3D8BC8 #C83D8B #8BC83D

tetradic

#3D8BC8 #BF3DC8 #C87A3D #45C83D

square

#3D8BC8 #BF3DC8 #C87A3D #45C83D

split-complementary

#3D8BC8 #C83D45 #C8BF3D

monochromatic

#1F4A6C #2C6B9C #3D8BC8 #6DA8D6 #9CC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#3D8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3D8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8BC8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8BC8	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.120 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd9',
    500: '#3d8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8bc8;
$custom-light: #82acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.331,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61573,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8BC8

secondary

#CFAD92

accent

#8B49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8BC8

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

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