#3C8ABF#3C8ABF

#3C8ABF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.111 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8ABF
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 191)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -6.76, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 35.26, 258.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0527 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.111 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3523, 22.8970, 52.6271)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8ABF #BF713C

analogous

#3CBFB3 #3C8ABF #3C49BF

triadic

#3C8ABF #BF3C8A #8ABF3C

tetradic

#3C8ABF #B33CBF #BF713C #49BF3C

square

#3C8ABF #B33CBF #BF713C #49BF3C

split-complementary

#3C8ABF #BF3C49 #BFB33C

monochromatic

#1F4762 #2D6890 #3C8ABF #68A6D0 #97C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3C8ABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#3C8ABF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8ABF

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8ABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8ABF	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8abf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.111 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd2',
    500: '#3c8abf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8abf;
$custom-light: #80acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8abf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.275,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60838,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8ABF

secondary

#CAA68D

accent

#864CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8ABF

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

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