#3C8AB2#3C8AB2

#3C8AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.097 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AB2
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, -11.16, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 30.21, 248.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0571 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.097 234)
XYZ	xyz(18.9847, 22.3500, 45.4243)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AB2 #B2643C

analogous

#3CB29F #3C8AB2 #3C4FB2

triadic

#3C8AB2 #B23C8A #8AB23C

tetradic

#3C8AB2 #9F3CB2 #B2643C #4FB23C

square

#3C8AB2 #9F3CB2 #B2643C #4FB23C

split-complementary

#3C8AB2 #B23C4F #B29F3C

monochromatic

#1D4356 #2D6784 #3C8AB2 #61A6CA #8FC0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#3C8AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#3C8AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AB2

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AB2	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.097 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facc9',
    500: '#3c8ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ab2;
$custom-light: #7facc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.339,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60198,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.22352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AB2

secondary

#C49B86

accent

#7E4FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AB2

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

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