#3F8DC5#3F8DC5

#3F8DC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.114 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F8DC5
RGB	rgb(63, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -5.95, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 36.52, 260.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.0519 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.114 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6490, 24.1354, 56.3302)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F8DC5 #C5773F

analogous

#3FC5BA #3F8DC5 #3F4AC5

triadic

#3F8DC5 #C53F8D #8DC53F

tetradic

#3F8DC5 #BA3FC5 #C5773F #4AC53F

square

#3F8DC5 #BA3FC5 #C5773F #4AC53F

split-complementary

#3F8DC5 #C53F4A #C5BA3F

monochromatic

#204B6A #2E6C99 #3F8DC5 #6EA9D3 #9DC5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#3F8DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#3F8DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F8DC5

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F8DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F8DC5	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	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: #3f8dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.114 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed7',
    500: '#3f8dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f8dc5;
$custom-light: #83aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f8dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.075,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6195,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F8DC5

secondary

#CEAB92

accent

#884BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F8DC5

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

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