#3C8A9E#3C8A9E

#3C8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.081 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8A9E
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -17.64, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 25.05, 225.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0648 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.081 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1210, 21.6045, 35.6089)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8A9E #9E503C

analogous

#3C9E81 #3C8A9E #3C599E

triadic

#3C8A9E #9E3C8A #8A9E3C

tetradic

#3C8A9E #813C9E #9E503C #599E3C

square

#3C8A9E #813C9E #9E503C #599E3C

split-complementary

#3C8A9E #9E3C59 #9E813C

monochromatic

#1A3D45 #2B6372 #3C8A9E #58AABF #84C1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#3C8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#3C8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8A9E

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8A9E	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.081 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacba',
    500: '#3c8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8a9e;
$custom-light: #7cacba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.245,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59304,
    "c": 0.08149,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8A9E

secondary

#BA887B

accent

#6E53D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8A9E

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

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