#3D8DC8#3D8DC8

#3D8DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.118 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8DC8
RGB	rgb(61, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -5.23, -37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 37.98, 262.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0522 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.118 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8707, 24.2096, 58.1527)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8DC8 #C8783D

analogous

#3DC8BD #3D8DC8 #3D47C8

triadic

#3D8DC8 #C83D8D #8DC83D

tetradic

#3D8DC8 #BD3DC8 #C8783D #47C83D

square

#3D8DC8 #BD3DC8 #C8783D #47C83D

split-complementary

#3D8DC8 #C83D47 #C8BD3D

monochromatic

#1F4B6C #2C6C9C #3D8DC8 #6DA9D6 #9CC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3D8DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#3D8DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8DC8

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8DC8	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.118 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed9',
    500: '#3d8dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8dc8;
$custom-light: #82aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.468,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62036,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8DC8

secondary

#CFAC92

accent

#8949DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8DC8

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

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