#3C8A9C#3C8A9C

#3C8A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.080 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8A9C
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -18.27, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 24.78, 222.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0656 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.08 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9503, 21.5362, 34.7097)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8A9C #9C4E3C

analogous

#3C9C7E #3C8A9C #3C5A9C

triadic

#3C8A9C #9C3C8A #8A9C3C

tetradic

#3C8A9C #7E3C9C #9C4E3C #5A9C3C

square

#3C8A9C #7E3C9C #9C4E3C #5A9C3C

split-complementary

#3C8A9C #9C3C5A #9C7E3C

monochromatic

#1A3C44 #2B6370 #3C8A9C #57ABBE #83C1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#3C8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#3C8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8A9C

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8A9C	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.080 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacb9',
    500: '#3c8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8a9c;
$custom-light: #7cacb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59221,
    "c": 0.08041,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8A9C

secondary

#B9867A

accent

#6C54D4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8A9C

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

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