#3C8AA9#3C8AA9

#3C8AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.089 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AA9
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, -14.12, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 27.40, 238.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0604 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.089 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1106, 22.0003, 40.8205)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AA9 #A95B3C

analogous

#3CA991 #3C8AA9 #3C54A9

triadic

#3C8AA9 #A93C8A #8AA93C

tetradic

#3C8AA9 #913CA9 #A95B3C #54A93C

square

#3C8AA9 #913CA9 #A95B3C #54A93C

split-complementary

#3C8AA9 #A93C54 #A9913C

monochromatic

#1C404F #2C657C #3C8AA9 #5DA8C5 #8AC0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#3C8AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#3C8AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AA9

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AA9	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.089 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacc2',
    500: '#3c8aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8aa9;
$custom-light: #7dacc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.064,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59782,
    "c": 0.08918,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AA9

secondary

#C09381

accent

#7751D7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AA9

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

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