#3C8AAD#3C8AAD

#3C8AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.093 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AAD
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -12.81, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 28.56, 243.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% -0.0589 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.093 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4918, 22.1528, 42.8284)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AAD #AD5F3C

analogous

#3CAD97 #3C8AAD #3C51AD

triadic

#3C8AAD #AD3C8A #8AAD3C

tetradic

#3C8AAD #973CAD #AD5F3C #51AD3C

square

#3C8AAD #973CAD #AD5F3C #51AD3C

split-complementary

#3C8AAD #AD3C51 #AD973C

monochromatic

#1C4252 #2C6680 #3C8AAD #5FA7C7 #8CC0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#3C8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#3C8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AAD

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AAD	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.093 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc5',
    500: '#3c8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8aad;
$custom-light: #7eacc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.584,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59964,
    "c": 0.09261,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AAD

secondary

#C29683

accent

#7A50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AAD

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

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