#3C8ABA#3C8ABA

#3C8ABA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.105 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8ABA
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, -8.46, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 33.20, 255.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0543 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.105 239)
XYZ	xyz(19.8115, 22.6807, 49.7786)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8ABA #BA6C3C

analogous

#3CBAAB #3C8ABA #3C4BBA

triadic

#3C8ABA #BA3C8A #8ABA3C

tetradic

#3C8ABA #AB3CBA #BA6C3C #4BBA3C

square

#3C8ABA #AB3CBA #BA6C3C #4BBA3C

split-complementary

#3C8ABA #BA3C4B #BAAB3C

monochromatic

#1E455D #2D688C #3C8ABA #66A6CE #94C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#3C8ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#3C8ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8ABA

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8ABA	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.105 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80accf',
    500: '#3c8aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8aba;
$custom-light: #80accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60587,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.22683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8ABA

secondary

#C8A28A

accent

#834DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8ABA

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

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