#3D8CB2#3D8CB2

#3D8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.096 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8CB2
RGB	rgb(61, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -12.11, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 29.67, 245.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0586 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.096 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3353, 22.9606, 45.5237)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8CB2 #B2633D

analogous

#3DB29E #3D8CB2 #3D52B2

triadic

#3D8CB2 #B23D8C #8CB23D

tetradic

#3D8CB2 #9E3DB2 #B2633D #52B23D

square

#3D8CB2 #9E3DB2 #B2633D #52B23D

split-complementary

#3D8CB2 #B23D52 #B29E3D

monochromatic

#1E4457 #2D6884 #3D8CB2 #63A8C9 #90C1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3D8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3D8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8CB2

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8CB2	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.096 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadc9',
    500: '#3d8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8cb2;
$custom-light: #7fadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.487,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60713,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8CB2

secondary

#C49B87

accent

#7C4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8CB2

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

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