#3D8BC9#3D8BC9

#3D8BC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.121 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8BC9
RGB	rgb(61, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -3.73, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 39.21, 264.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.05 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.121 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6957, 23.6720, 58.6728)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8BC9 #C97B3D

analogous

#3DC9C1 #3D8BC9 #3D45C9

triadic

#3D8BC9 #C93D8B #8BC93D

tetradic

#3D8BC9 #C13DC9 #C97B3D #45C93D

square

#3D8BC9 #C13DC9 #C97B3D #45C93D

split-complementary

#3D8BC9 #C93D45 #C9C13D

monochromatic

#1E4A6D #2C6B9D #3D8BC9 #6DA8D6 #9DC4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3D8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#3D8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8BC9

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8BC9	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#6F8DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.121 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd9',
    500: '#3d8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8bc9;
$custom-light: #82acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61625,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8BC9

secondary

#D0AD92

accent

#8B48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8BC9

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

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