#3C8497#3C8497

#3C8497 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.077 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8497
RGB	rgb(60, 132, 151)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, -16.58, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 23.71, 225.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.0609 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.077 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6984, 19.6960, 32.2466)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8497 #974F3C

analogous

#3C977D #3C8497 #3C5797

triadic

#3C8497 #973C84 #84973C

tetradic

#3C8497 #7D3C97 #974F3C #57973C

square

#3C8497 #7D3C97 #974F3C #57973C

split-complementary

#3C8497 #973C57 #977D3C

monochromatic

#19373F #2B5E6B #3C8497 #55A6BB #81BDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#3C8497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#3C8497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8497

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8497	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 132, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.077 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba8b5',
    500: '#3c8497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8497;
$custom-light: #7ba8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.527,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57525,
    "c": 0.07697,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8497

secondary

#B78578

accent

#6F55D3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8497

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

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