#3C8A9F#3C8A9F

#3C8A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.082 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8A9F
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, -17.33, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 25.21, 226.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0644 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.082 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2074, 21.6391, 36.0641)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8A9F #9F513C

analogous

#3C9F82 #3C8A9F #3C599F

triadic

#3C8A9F #9F3C8A #8A9F3C

tetradic

#3C8A9F #823C9F #9F513C #599F3C

square

#3C8A9F #823C9F #9F513C #599F3C

split-complementary

#3C8A9F #9F3C59 #9F823C

monochromatic

#1A3D46 #2B6373 #3C8A9F #58AAC0 #85C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#3C8A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#3C8A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8A9F

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8A9F	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.082 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacbb',
    500: '#3c8a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8a9f;
$custom-light: #7cacbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 45.205,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59346,
    "c": 0.08207,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8A9F

secondary

#BB897C

accent

#6E53D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8A9F

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

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