#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
RGBrgb(61, 141, 200)
HSLhsl(205, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(205, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(69.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(56.30, -5.23, -37.62)
CIE-LCHlch(56.30, 37.98, 262.08°)
OKLaboklab(62.04% -0.0522 -0.1063)
OKLCHoklch(62.04% 0.118 243.8)
XYZxyz(21.8707, 24.2096, 58.1527)
Luminance0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##3D8DC81.003.595.845.84
#FFFFFF3.591.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8421.001.001.00
##0000005.8421.001.001.00

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

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#3D8DC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva