#3C8ABD#3C8ABD

#3C8ABD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.109 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8ABD
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 189)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 27%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -7.44, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 34.42, 257.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% -0.0533 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.109 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1337, 22.8096, 51.4759)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8ABD #BD6F3C

analogous

#3CBDB0 #3C8ABD #3C4ABD

triadic

#3C8ABD #BD3C8A #8ABD3C

tetradic

#3C8ABD #B03CBD #BD6F3C #4ABD3C

square

#3C8ABD #B03CBD #BD6F3C #4ABD3C

split-complementary

#3C8ABD #BD3C4A #BDB03C

monochromatic

#1F4660 #2D688F #3C8ABD #67A6CF #96C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#3C8ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#3C8ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8ABD

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8ABD	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.109 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd1',
    500: '#3c8abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8abd;
$custom-light: #80acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.721,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60737,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8ABD

secondary

#C9A48C

accent

#854DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8ABD

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

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