#3C8AAE#3C8AAE

#3C8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.094 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AAE
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -12.49, -26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 28.87, 244.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0586 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.094 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5889, 22.1917, 43.3400)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AAE #AE603C

analogous

#3CAE99 #3C8AAE #3C51AE

triadic

#3C8AAE #AE3C8A #8AAE3C

tetradic

#3C8AAE #993CAE #AE603C #51AE3C

square

#3C8AAE #993CAE #AE603C #51AE3C

split-complementary

#3C8AAE #AE3C51 #AE993C

monochromatic

#1D4253 #2C6680 #3C8AAE #5FA7C8 #8DC0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#3C8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#3C8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AAE

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AAE	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.094 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc6',
    500: '#3c8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8aae;
$custom-light: #7eacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60011,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AAE

secondary

#C29783

accent

#7B50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AAE

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

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