#3C8A9D#3C8A9D

#3C8A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.081 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8A9D
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -17.95, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 24.91, 223.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0652 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.081 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0353, 21.5702, 35.1574)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8A9D #9D4F3C

analogous

#3C9D80 #3C8A9D #3C599D

triadic

#3C8A9D #9D3C8A #8A9D3C

tetradic

#3C8A9D #803C9D #9D4F3C #599D3C

square

#3C8A9D #803C9D #9D4F3C #599D3C

split-complementary

#3C8A9D #9D3C59 #9D803C

monochromatic

#1A3C44 #2B6371 #3C8A9D #57ABBF #84C1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#3C8A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#3C8A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8A9D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8A9D	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.081 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacba',
    500: '#3c8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8a9d;
$custom-light: #7cacba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.753,
    "s": 44.7,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59262,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8A9D

secondary

#BA877B

accent

#6D53D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8A9D

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

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