#3C8DBC · Steel Blue

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#3C8DBC is a medium, moderately saturated blue color, closest to Steel Blue and near Steel Blue and Blue Gray. In OKLCH it has 61% lightness and 0.11 chroma at hue 238°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #3C8DBC a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#3C8DBC
RGBrgb(60, 141, 188)
HSLhsl(202, 52%, 49%)
CMYK68, 25, 0, 26
CSS var--steel-blue
Contrast3.67:1 white · 5.73:1 black

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How to use #3C8DBC

Black text passes WCAG AA on #3C8DBC (5.73:1); white text does not (3.67:1).

For a calm scheme pair #3C8DBC with its analogous neighbors #3CBEAD and #3C4DBE; for contrast use its complement #BE6C3C as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--steel-blue: #3C8DBC;

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