#3D8DBD#3D8DBD

#3D8DBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.106 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8DBD
RGB	rgb(61, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -8.99, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 33.39, 254.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0558 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.106 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6311, 23.7138, 51.6242)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8DBD #BD6D3D

analogous

#3DBDAD #3D8DBD #3D4DBD

triadic

#3D8DBD #BD3D8D #8DBD3D

tetradic

#3D8DBD #AD3DBD #BD6D3D #4DBD3D

square

#3D8DBD #AD3DBD #BD6D3D #4DBD3D

split-complementary

#3D8DBD #BD3D4D #BDAD3D

monochromatic

#1F4860 #2E6A8F #3D8DBD #69A8CE #97C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3D8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3D8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8DBD

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8DBD	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.106 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed1',
    500: '#3d8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8dbd;
$custom-light: #81aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61479,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8DBD

secondary

#C9A38D

accent

#824DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8DBD

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

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