#3C8A9B#3C8A9B

#3C8A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.080 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8A9B
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 155)
HSL	hsl(191, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, -18.58, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 24.66, 221.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.066 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.08 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8660, 21.5025, 34.2655)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8A9B #9B4D3C

analogous

#3C9B7D #3C8A9B #3C5B9B

triadic

#3C8A9B #9B3C8A #8A9B3C

tetradic

#3C8A9B #7D3C9B #9B4D3C #5B9B3C

square

#3C8A9B #7D3C9B #9B4D3C #5B9B3C

split-complementary

#3C8A9B #9B3C5B #9B7D3C

monochromatic

#1A3B43 #2B636F #3C8A9B #56ABBE #83C1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#3C8A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#3C8A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8A9B

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8A9B	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.080 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacb8',
    500: '#3c8a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8a9b;
$custom-light: #7cacb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.737,
    "s": 44.186,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5918,
    "c": 0.07991,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8A9B

secondary

#B9857A

accent

#6B54D4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8A9B

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

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