#3C8AA2#3C8AA2

#3C8AA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.084 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AA2
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -16.38, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 25.74, 230.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0632 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.084 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4709, 21.7445, 37.4518)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AA2 #A2543C

analogous

#3CA287 #3C8AA2 #3C57A2

triadic

#3C8AA2 #A23C8A #8AA23C

tetradic

#3C8AA2 #873CA2 #A2543C #57A23C

square

#3C8AA2 #873CA2 #A2543C #57A23C

split-complementary

#3C8AA2 #A23C57 #A2873C

monochromatic

#1B3E49 #2B6475 #3C8AA2 #59A9C2 #86C0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#3C8AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#3C8AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AA2

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AA2	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.084 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacbd',
    500: '#3c8aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8aa2;
$custom-light: #7dacbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59474,
    "c": 0.08396,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AA2

secondary

#BC8C7D

accent

#7152D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AA2

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

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