#3C8ABC#3C8ABC

#3C8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.108 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8ABC
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -7.78, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 34.01, 256.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0537 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.108 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0256, 22.7663, 50.9062)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8ABC #BC6E3C

analogous

#3CBCAE #3C8ABC #3C4ABC

triadic

#3C8ABC #BC3C8A #8ABC3C

tetradic

#3C8ABC #AE3CBC #BC6E3C #4ABC3C

square

#3C8ABC #AE3CBC #BC6E3C #4ABC3C

split-complementary

#3C8ABC #BC3C4A #BCAE3C

monochromatic

#1E465F #2D688E #3C8ABC #67A6CE #95C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#3C8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#3C8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8ABC

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8ABC	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.108 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd0',
    500: '#3c8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8abc;
$custom-light: #80acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.438,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60686,
    "c": 0.1076,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8ABC

secondary

#C9A38B

accent

#844DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8ABC

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

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