#3C8AC0#3C8AC0

#3C8AC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.112 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8AC0
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 192)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -6.41, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 35.68, 259.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0524 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.112 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4627, 22.9412, 53.2086)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8AC0 #C0723C

analogous

#3CC0B4 #3C8AC0 #3C48C0

triadic

#3C8AC0 #C03C8A #8AC03C

tetradic

#3C8AC0 #B43CC0 #C0723C #48C03C

square

#3C8AC0 #B43CC0 #C0723C #48C03C

split-complementary

#3C8AC0 #C03C48 #C0B43C

monochromatic

#1F4763 #2D6891 #3C8AC0 #69A6D0 #98C2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#3C8AC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#3C8AC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8AC0

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8AC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8AC0	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8ac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.112 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acd3',
    500: '#3c8ac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8ac0;
$custom-light: #81acd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8ac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60889,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8AC0

secondary

#CAA68D

accent

#874CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8AC0

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

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