#3C8AB0#3C8AB0

#3C8AB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.095 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AB0
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 176)
HSL	hsl(200, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -11.82, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 29.52, 246.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.0578 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.095 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7854, 22.2702, 44.3745)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AB0 #B0623C

analogous

#3CB09C #3C8AB0 #3C50B0

triadic

#3C8AB0 #B03C8A #8AB03C

tetradic

#3C8AB0 #9C3CB0 #B0623C #50B03C

square

#3C8AB0 #9C3CB0 #B0623C #50B03C

split-complementary

#3C8AB0 #B03C50 #B09C3C

monochromatic

#1D4255 #2C6682 #3C8AB0 #60A7C9 #8EC0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#3C8AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#3C8AB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AB0

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AB0	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	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)

#7788B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.095 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacc7',
    500: '#3c8ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ab0;
$custom-light: #7eacc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.655,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60104,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AB0

secondary

#C39985

accent

#7C4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AB0

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

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