#3C809E#3C809E

#3C809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.083 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C809E
RGB	rgb(60, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, -12.13, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 25.56, 241.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.0536 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.083 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7518, 18.8661, 35.1525)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C809E #9E5A3C

analogous

#3C9E8B #3C809E #3C4F9E

triadic

#3C809E #9E3C80 #809E3C

tetradic

#3C809E #8B3C9E #9E5A3C #4F9E3C

square

#3C809E #8B3C9E #9E5A3C #4F9E3C

split-complementary

#3C809E #9E3C4F #9E8B3C

monochromatic

#1A3845 #2B5C72 #3C809E #58A0BF #84B9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#3C809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#3C809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C809E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C809E	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.083 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba4ba',
    500: '#3c809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c809e;
$custom-light: #7ba4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56846,
    "c": 0.08256,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C809E

secondary

#BA8F7B

accent

#7B53D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C809E

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

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