#3D8DAD#3D8DAD

#3D8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.091 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8DAD
RGB	rgb(61, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -14.30, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 28.00, 239.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0615 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.091 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9892, 23.0570, 42.9768)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8DAD #AD5D3D

analogous

#3DAD95 #3D8DAD #3D55AD

triadic

#3D8DAD #AD3D8D #8DAD3D

tetradic

#3D8DAD #953DAD #AD5D3D #55AD3D

square

#3D8DAD #953DAD #AD5D3D #55AD3D

split-complementary

#3D8DAD #AD3D55 #AD953D

monochromatic

#1D4353 #2D6880 #3D8DAD #60AAC7 #8DC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#3D8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#3D8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8DAD

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8DAD	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.091 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaec5',
    500: '#3d8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8dad;
$custom-light: #7eaec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60725,
    "c": 0.09115,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8DAD

secondary

#C29684

accent

#7750D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8DAD

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

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