#3D8FAE#3D8FAE

#3D8FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.091 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D8FAE
RGB	rgb(61, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, -15.07, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 28.04, 237.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0633 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.091 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3839, 23.6910, 43.5875)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D8FAE #AE5C3D

analogous

#3DAE94 #3D8FAE #3D56AE

triadic

#3D8FAE #AE3D8F #8FAE3D

tetradic

#3D8FAE #943DAE #AE5C3D #56AE3D

square

#3D8FAE #943DAE #AE5C3D #56AE3D

split-complementary

#3D8FAE #AE3D56 #AE943D

monochromatic

#1D4553 #2D6A81 #3D8FAE #61ABC8 #8EC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#3D8FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#3D8FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3D8FAE

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D8FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3D8FAE	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)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d8fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.091 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafc6',
    500: '#3d8fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d8fae;
$custom-light: #7fafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d8fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.46,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61254,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D8FAE

secondary

#C29585

accent

#7550D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D8FAE

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

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