#3D8DC5#3D8DC5

#3D8DC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8DC5
RGB	rgb(61, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -6.27, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 36.68, 260.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0532 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.115 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5235, 24.0707, 56.3243)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8DC5 #C5753D

analogous

#3DC5B9 #3D8DC5 #3D49C5

triadic

#3D8DC5 #C53D8D #8DC53D

tetradic

#3D8DC5 #B93DC5 #C5753D #49C53D

square

#3D8DC5 #B93DC5 #C5753D #49C53D

split-complementary

#3D8DC5 #C53D49 #C5B93D

monochromatic

#1F4A68 #2D6C98 #3D8DC5 #6CA9D3 #9BC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#3D8DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#3D8DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8DC5

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8DC5	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed7',
    500: '#3d8dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8dc5;
$custom-light: #82aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61881,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8DC5

secondary

#CDAA91

accent

#874ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8DC5

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

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