#3D8DC9#3D8DC9

#3D8DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.120 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8DC9
RGB	rgb(61, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -4.89, -38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 38.42, 262.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0519 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.12 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9879, 24.2565, 58.7702)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8DC9 #C9793D

analogous

#3DC9BF #3D8DC9 #3D47C9

triadic

#3D8DC9 #C93D8D #8DC93D

tetradic

#3D8DC9 #BF3DC9 #C9793D #47C93D

square

#3D8DC9 #BF3DC9 #C9793D #47C93D

split-complementary

#3D8DC9 #C93D47 #C9BF3D

monochromatic

#1E4B6D #2C6C9D #3D8DC9 #6DA9D6 #9DC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#3D8DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#3D8DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8DC9

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8DC9	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.120 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed9',
    500: '#3d8dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8dc9;
$custom-light: #83aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62088,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8DC9

secondary

#D0AC92

accent

#8948E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8DC9

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

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