#3C8AAF#3C8AAF

#3C8AAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.094 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AAF
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -12.15, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 29.19, 245.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0582 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.094 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6868, 22.2308, 43.8553)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AAF #AF613C

analogous

#3CAF9A #3C8AAF #3C51AF

triadic

#3C8AAF #AF3C8A #8AAF3C

tetradic

#3C8AAF #9A3CAF #AF613C #51AF3C

square

#3C8AAF #9A3CAF #AF613C #51AF3C

split-complementary

#3C8AAF #AF3C51 #AF9A3C

monochromatic

#1D4254 #2C6681 #3C8AAF #60A7C8 #8DC0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#3C8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#3C8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AAF

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AAF	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.094 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc7',
    500: '#3c8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8aaf;
$custom-light: #7eacc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.304,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60057,
    "c": 0.09442,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AAF

secondary

#C39884

accent

#7B4FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AAF

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

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