#3D8CB5#3D8CB5

#3D8CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.099 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8CB5
RGB	rgb(61, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, -11.11, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 30.69, 248.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0575 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.099 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6398, 23.0824, 47.1274)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8CB5 #B5663D

analogous

#3DB5A2 #3D8CB5 #3D50B5

triadic

#3D8CB5 #B53D8C #8CB53D

tetradic

#3D8CB5 #A23DB5 #B5663D #50B53D

square

#3D8CB5 #A23DB5 #B5663D #50B53D

split-complementary

#3D8CB5 #B53D50 #B5A23D

monochromatic

#1E4559 #2E6987 #3D8CB5 #64A8CB #92C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3D8CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#3D8CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8CB5

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8CB5	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.099 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadcb',
    500: '#3d8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8cb5;
$custom-light: #7fadcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60854,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8CB5

secondary

#C59D88

accent

#7E4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8CB5

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

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