#3C8AA3#3C8AA3

#3C8AA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.085 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AA3
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 163)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -16.06, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 25.95, 231.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% -0.0628 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.085 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5602, 21.7802, 37.9218)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AA3 #A3553C

analogous

#3CA388 #3C8AA3 #3C56A3

triadic

#3C8AA3 #A33C8A #8AA33C

tetradic

#3C8AA3 #883CA3 #A3553C #56A33C

square

#3C8AA3 #883CA3 #A3553C #56A33C

split-complementary

#3C8AA3 #A33C56 #A3883C

monochromatic

#1B3E4A #2C6476 #3C8AA3 #5AA9C2 #87C0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#3C8AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#3C8AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AA3

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AA3	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.085 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacbe',
    500: '#3c8aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8aa3;
$custom-light: #7dacbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.563,
    "s": 46.188,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59517,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AA3

secondary

#BD8D7E

accent

#7252D6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AA3

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

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